Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Washington, Eno
2. Art of Black Dance and Music (Company)
3. Bamidele Dancers and Drummers.
4. DanceAfrica (Festival)
5. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Compilation of four recordings featuring performances of West African dance by Eno Asabo Washington.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Eno Asabo Washington.

Subject

1. Drummers (Musicians)
2. Dance, Black -- United States
3. Child dancers

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Black films and programs.
4. Compilations.

Contents

1. Boka n'deye (ca. 9 min.) / recorded at the DanceAfrica Festival in New York in 1981 by Ed Battle ; performed by the Art of Black Dance and Music, with guest artist Eno Asabo Washington.
2. Lenjengo (ca. 8 min.) / recorded at Woodlawn Elementary School, Portland, Oregon, in 1989 ; performed by the Woodlawn Elementary School African Dance Troupe, directed by Rolia Munjungo, with musicians Catón Lyles and Hakeem Muhammad, and guest artist Eno Asabo Washington ; courtesy of Woodlawn Elementary School.
3. Dounba (ca. 8 min.) / recorded at The Hatch, Boston, Massachusetts, on June 23, 1990, at a performance in honor of Nelson Mandela (who appears briefly on camera) ; performed by Bamidele Dancers and Drummers, with guest artist Eno Asabo Washington ; courtesy of Bamidele Dancers and Drummers.
4. Dance on the wind, window script (ca. 4 min.) / recorded in New Haven, CT, in 1992 ; earlier version of Dance on the Wind ; montage of performances and statements by Eno Asabo Washington. For the completed version of Dance on the wind, see *MGZIC 9-3860.

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4501

Note

1. Title from information provided by donor.

Title

1. [West African dance in the United States] [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1981-1992.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Local subject

1. Dance -- Africa, West.
2. Acrobatic dancing.

Local subject

1. Television. Dance on the wind.

Added author

1. Washington, Eno, dancer.
2. Art of Black Dance and Music (Company)
3. Bamidele Dancers and Drummers.
4. DanceAfrica (Festival)
5. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4501