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Festival of American Folklife. Dancing who we are [and] The Bolivian carnival [videorecording]

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Festival of American Folklife. Dancing who we are [and] The Bolivian carnival [videorecording]
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Proschan, Frank.
  • McDonald, J. Michael.
  • Waterman-Hopper, Sherri L.
  • Farris, Carl.
  • Farris, Virginia L.
  • Chhuan, Phavann.
  • Chhuan, Natalie.
  • Céspedes, Gilka Wara.
  • Lewett, Linda.
  • Love, Sam.
  • Chen, Vivien.
  • Comité Pro Bolivia.
  • Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
  • Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Description
1 videocassette. 70 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Two discussion/demonstrations presented on the American Social Dance program of the Festival of American Folklife.
Donor/Sponsor
  • nea
  • nys
Subjects
Note
  • Videotaped in performance for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image and the Smithsonian Institution by Sam Love of the Public Production Group, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, at the 27th annual Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall in Washington, D. C., on July 1-5, 1993. [Video] producer: Linda Lewett. Festival presented by the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies of the Smithsonian Institution. Director, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies: Richard Kurin. Festival director: Diana Parker. Curator, American Social Dance program: Vivien Ta-Ying Chen.
Contents
CONTENTS: Dancing who we are: Dance and identity: Iroquois, Chilhowie [Virginia], Cambodian (approx. 37 min.). Recorded on July 5, 1993. Presenter: Frank Proschan. [Gail Matthews-DeNatale is listed on credits but does not appear on tape.] [Panelists]: Mike McDonald, Sherri Waterman-Hopper, Carl Farris, Virginia Farris, Phavann Chhuan, Natalie Chhuan. Representatives of three cultures talk about the role of social dancing in establishing an individual's place in a community, bringing together community members, and preserving ethnic heritage. -- The Bolivian carnival (approx. 33 min.). Recorded on July 5, 1993. Presenter: Gilka Wara Céspedes. Dance groups: members of Comité Pro Bolivia. Discussion of Bolivian carnival dances, especially those of the city of Oruro. Céspedes describes their religious symbolism, especially that of the diablada or devil dance; derivation; and the dancers' masks and costumes. Dancers in carnival attire perform the tinku, a ritual fight between two communities; caporales, the opening of which is danced by children; yotaleñas (?), named after the town of Yotala; morenada; and diablada.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1763
OCLC
NYPY946049930-F
Title
Festival of American Folklife. Dancing who we are [and] The Bolivian carnival [videorecording]
Imprint
1993.
Local Subject
Television. Festival of American Folklife.
Social dancing -- 20th century.
Local Subject
Religious dance -- Bolivia.
Local Subject
Mask dances.
Child dancers.
Added Author
Proschan, Frank. Producer
McDonald, J. Michael. Commentator
Waterman-Hopper, Sherri L. Commentator
Farris, Carl. Commentator
Farris, Virginia L. Commentator
Chhuan, Phavann. Commentator
Chhuan, Natalie. Commentator
Céspedes, Gilka Wara. Producer
Lewett, Linda. Producer
Love, Sam.
Chen, Vivien. Curator
Comité Pro Bolivia.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1763
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