Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Dagan, Esther A., 1931-
2. Rappaport, Jerrold
3. Galerie Amrad art africain
4. World Festival of Negro Arts. (Dakar, Senegal)
5. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (52 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Excerpts of dances from thirteen West African countries, including many different ethnic groups. Types of dances include initiation, courting, marriage, fertility, and funeral dances; mask, acrobatic, stick, sword, and animal dances. The tape concludes with footage, filmed on location in Senegal, of the annual lion festival of the Wolof people.

Subject

1. Dance -- Africa, West
2. Dance -- Senegal
3. Dance -- Gambia
4. Dance -- Sierra Leone
5. Dance -- Côte d'Ivoire
6. Dance -- Ghana
7. Dance -- Togo
8. Dance -- Benin
9. Dance -- Nigeria
10. Dance -- Cameroon
11. Dance -- Gabon
12. Dance -- Zambia
13. Dance -- Burundi
14. Dance -- Niger
15. Dance -- Africa -- Wolof
16. Mask dances
17. Acrobatic dancing
18. Stick dances
19. Initiation dances
20. Courting dances
21. Fertility dances
22. Funeral dances
23. Animal dances

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Anthropological films and programs.
4. Special event coverage and commentary.

Contents

1. Countries represented, in order of appearance: Senegal (Casamance region) -- Gambia -- Sierra Leone (Mende and Sherbro people) -- Ivory Coast (Dan and Senufo people) -- Ghana (Ashanti) -- Togo (Kabre, Bassari, and Ewe [?]) -- Benin (Yoruba and others) -- Nigeria (Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa) -- Cameroon (Bamun and others) -- Gabon (Fang and others) -- Zambia -- Burundi (Watusi and others) -- Niger (Bororo and others).
2. Lion festival of the Wolof people of Senegal, filmed on location.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 9117

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

1. Edited and narrated by Jerrold Rappaport.

Event (note)

1. Filmed in performance in Dakar, Senegal, in April 1966.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4395.

Title

1. Dance in Africa [videorecording] : the first World Festival of Negro Arts / produced by Gallery Amrad ; filmed by Esther A. Dagan.

Imprint

1. Montreal, Québec, Canada: Galerie Amrad African Art Publications, c1987.

Country of producing entity

1. Canada.

Credits

1. Edited and narrated by Jerrold Rappaport.

Event

1. Filmed in performance in Dakar, Senegal, in April 1966.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Dance -- Africa -- Wolof.
2. Mask dances.
3. Acrobatic dancing.
4. Stick dances.
5. Initiation dances.
6. Courting dances.
7. Fertility dances.
8. Funeral dances.
9. Animal dances.

Added author

1. Dagan, Esther A., 1931- Cinematographer
2. Rappaport, Jerrold. Editor. Narrator
3. Galerie Amrad art africain.
4. World Festival of Negro Arts. (Dakar, Senegal)
5. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 9117