- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 streaming video file (NTSC) (116 min.) : sd., b&w.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Donald Eno Asabo Washington.
- Alternative Title
- West African dance lecture-demonstration.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Black films and programs.
- Educational/cultural films and programs.
- Note
- Titles from information provided by donor.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Event (note)
- Sabar master class: videotaped in the studio at University of California Los Angeles in 1986 by Ron Brown.
- West African dance lecture-demonstration: videotaped at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1981 by Susan Waltner.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Contents
- Reel 1. Sabar master class (ca. 62 min.) / instructor, Donald Eno Asabo Washington ; musicians, Leon L. Mobley, Jah-Amen Mobley, Massamba Fall, and Pendesa. Sabar is performed by the Wolof peoples of the Senegambia region of West Africa; techniques taught in this class are (in order of appearance): Kaolack, M'bass, Ventilateur, and Tieb-Bu-Tien.
- Reel 2. Sabar master class, continued (ca. 10 min.).
- West African dance lecture-demonstration (ca. 44 min.) / speakers, Donald Eno Asabo Washington and Bamidele Osumarea ; dancers, Donald Eno Asabo Washington and Dorothy Murphy ; musician, Bamidele Osumarea. The lecture-demonstration, which concludes with a question-and-answer period, covers different aspects of West African dance and music, including Sabar and the acrobatic element in African dance.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 9383
- OCLC
- NYPY95-F571
- Title
[Sabar master class] ; [and] [West African dance lecture-demonstration] [electronic resource] / [presented by] Donald Eno Asabo Washington.
- Imprint
1986, 1981.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Event
Sabar master class: videotaped in the studio at University of California Los Angeles in 1986 by Ron Brown.
West African dance lecture-demonstration: videotaped at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1981 by Susan Waltner.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4457.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Acrobatic dancing.
- Added Author
Washington, Eno. Teacher. spk, dancer.
Osumarea, Bamidele. Speaker
Osumarea, Bamidele. Musician
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- Videographer
Waltner, Susan. Videographer
DHCA.
- Added Title
West African dance lecture-demonstration.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 9383
*MGZIC 9-4457 (former)