Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
2. Ishangi, Kwame.
3. King-Malik, Sadiq Renee.
4. White, Lynette.
5. Deal, Melvin
6. Simmons, Bradley.
7. Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
8. Grant, William H., III
9. M'Bayero
10. Sompa, Biza
11. Diop, Su-Qoan Amin
12. Diop, Souleymane
13. African Heritage Dancers and Drummers.
14. Malaki Ma Kongo (Dance company)
15. Kairaba Dance Company.
16. La Rocque Bey Dance Company.
17. Sabar ak Ru Afriq (Dance company)
18. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
19. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

1. 3 videodiscs (NTSC) (135 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. Dance the African experience
2. DanceAfrica, dance the African experience

Subject

1. Child dancers
2. Dance
3. Wolof (African people) > Dances
4. Stilt dances
5. Video
6. Initiation dances

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (46 min.): Greeting by Chuck Davis -- The memorial / "What is life?" by Sister Sadiq Renee King-Malik [and spoken offstage by Davis] ; singer, Lynette White -- The council of elders -- Traditional drum call [and] Kouyaga initiation dance ; choreography, Melvin Deal ; performed by African Heritage Dancers and Drummers.
2. Disc 2 (52 min.): Homba [and] Bibounda / choreography, Andre Patrice M'Bayero and Biza Sompa ; performed by Malaki Ma Kongo -- Tan tang diomoundo [and] Ekon kon / choreography, Su-Qoan [Su-Quan?] Amin Diop, Souleymane Diop, and the company / performed by Kairaba West Afrikan Dance Company -- Fanga-batakato-vodoo / performed by La Rocque Bey Dance Company.
3. Disc 3 (41 min.): The Wolloff [i.e. Wolof] drum / performed by Sabar Ak Ru Afriq Dance Theatre -- [Finale] / performed by all the companies.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-708

Note

1. Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

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

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 29, 1993 (2 p.m.).

Funding (note)

1. 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)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Dance Africa : dance the African experience [videorecording].

Imprint

1. 1993.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

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

Performer

1. Griot [narrator/oral historian], Baba [Kwame] Ishangi.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 29, 1993 (2 p.m.).

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Funding

1. 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

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Fanga-batakoto-vodoo (alternate spelling).
2. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3995.

Local subject

1. Stilt dances.

Local subject

1. Wolof (African people) -- Dances.
2. Initiation dances.

Added author

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
2. Davis, Chuck, 1937- speaker.
3. Ishangi, Kwame. Narrator
4. King-Malik, Sadiq Renee. Author of dialog
5. White, Lynette. sin
6. Deal, Melvin, choreographer.
7. Simmons, Bradley. Conductor
8. Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
9. Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.
10. M'Bayero, choreographer.
11. Sompa, Biza, choreographer.
12. Diop, Su-Qoan Amin, choreographer.
13. Diop, Souleymane, choreographer.
14. African Heritage Dancers and Drummers.
15. Malaki Ma Kongo (Dance company)
16. Kairaba Dance Company.
17. La Rocque Bey Dance Company.
18. Sabar ak Ru Afriq (Dance company)
19. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
20. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-708