Research Catalog

Title

Dance Africa : we celebrate Africa [videorecording].

Publication

1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Davis, Chuck, 1937-
• Ishangi, Kwame.
• Taylor, Wilhelmina
• Simmons, Bradley.
• King-Malik, Sadiq Renee.
• White, Lynette.
• Bedaiko, Amadoma.
• Grant, William H., III
• Niasse, Madu
• Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
• Dinizulu Dancers and Singers (Company)
• Charles Moore Dance Theatre.
• Touch of Folklore and More (Dance company)
• Maimouna Keita School of Dance.
• Brooklyn Academy of Music.
• DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

3 videodiscs (NTSC) (151 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

• We celebrate Africa
• DanceAfrica, we celebrate Africa

Subjects

• Primus, Pearl
• Gum boot dance (Dance)
• Bey, La Rocque
• Bamaya (Dance)
• Olatunji, Babatunde
• Video
• Dance

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Credits (note)

• Artistic direction, Chuck Davis; musical direction, Bradley Simmons; lighting, William H. Grant III.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 28, 1993.

Funding (note)

• This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• Disc 1 (62 min.): Greeting by Chuck Davis -- The memorial / "What is life?" by Sister Sadiq Renee King-Malik [and spoken offstage by Davis] ; singer, Lynette White -- Procession of elders and libation-pouring -- Presentation of awards to DanceAfrica 1993 honorees: Dr. Pearl Primus [not present], Babatunde Olatunji [not present], and Chief [La Rocque?] Bey.
• Disc 2 (41 min.): Bamaya [and] Gombe [and] Gumboot dance ; performed by Dinizulu African Dancers, Drummers and Singers ; narrator, Amadoma Bedaiko -- Te-ma-te / choreography, Madu Niasse ; performed by Charles Moore Dance Theater.
• Disc 3 (49 min.): A tribute to the motherland / choreography, Wilhelmina Taylor ; performed by A Touch of Folklore and More -- Haware sabar / performed by Maimuna Keita School of Dance -- [Finale] / performed by all the companies.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-707

OCLC

NYPY946000661-F

Title

Dance Africa : we celebrate Africa [videorecording].

Imprint

1993.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Artistic direction, Chuck Davis; musical direction, Bradley Simmons; lighting, William H. Grant III.

Performer

Griot [narrator/oral historian], Baba [Kwame] Ishangi; DanceAfrica Djembe Orchestra directed by Bradley Simmons.

Event

Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 28, 1993.

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3994.

CATNY bib. record updated 10/17/2005 by ESW.

Added Author

Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.

Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.

Davis, Chuck, 1937- speaker.

Ishangi, Kwame. Narrator

Taylor, Wilhelmina, choreographer. Performer

Simmons, Bradley. Conductor

King-Malik, Sadiq Renee. Author of dialog

White, Lynette. sin

Bedaiko, Amadoma. nar

Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.

Niasse, Madu, choreographer.

Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.

Dinizulu Dancers and Singers (Company)

Charles Moore Dance Theatre.

Touch of Folklore and More (Dance company)

Maimouna Keita School of Dance.

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

DanceAfrica (Festival)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-707