Dance Africa '97, 20th anniversary celebration Africa's cultural diversity
- Title
- Dance Africa '97, 20th anniversary celebration [videorecording] : Africa's cultural diversity / artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
- Published by
- 1997.
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Details
- Additional authors
- Nelson, Madeleine Yayodele.
- Ishangi, Kwame
- Davis, Chuck, 1937-
- Grant, William H., III
- Moving with the Spirit (Dance company)
- Djoulé Africans (Dance company)
- Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
- Bokandéye African American Dance Theatre.
- Rennie Harris PureMovement (Dance company)
- Brooklyn Academy of Music.
- DanceAfrica (Festival)
- DHCA.
- Description
- 3 videodiscs (NTSC) (140 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.
- Alternative title
- Africa's cultural diversity
- DanceAfrica '97, 20th anniversary celebration
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Black films and programs.
- Video.
- Contents
- Disc 1 (ca. 53 min.): [Welcome] / by Chuck Davis -- Memorial -- Processional -- Honoring the Council of Elders -- I never seen a fat bird flying / performed by Moving with the Spirit ; movement based on indigenous dance styles of the African diaspora and Dunham technique -- Super DJembé Khan and Khan doun doun ba / performed by DJoulé African[s?] ; collaboration of drum and dance vocabulary.
- Disc 2 (ca. 61 min.): Genesis: the fruit never falls far from the tree / performed by Women of the Calabash ; speaker, Madeleine Yayodele Nelson ; vocal and instrumental piece tracing the "clave," a basic rhythm, from its origins in Ghana to the Caribbean and North America -- The good old days / performed by Bokandéye African American Dance Theatre ; collage of three West African dances: Ekon-kon, Doun-doun ba, and Timini -- One love / performed by Rennie Harris PureMovement ; preceded by brief solos by Chuck Davis, Baba Ishangi, and other men associated with DanceAfrica ; rite of passage performed by male dancers.
- Disc 3 (ca. 26 min.): One love, continued -- Grand finale / featuring all of the evening's performers.
- Call number
- *MGZIDVD 5-771
- Note
- Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.
- Accompanied by house program.
- Access (note)
- Permission required.
- Credits (note)
- Lighting, William H. Grant III.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on May 25, 1997 (7PM), by Nick of Time Productions of White Plains, N.Y.
- Funding (note)
- 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)
- DVD.
- Title
- Dance Africa '97, 20th anniversary celebration [videorecording] : Africa's cultural diversity / artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
- Imprint
- 1997.
- Country of producing entity
- United States.
- Performer
- Griot, Chuck Davis.
- Credits
- Lighting, William H. Grant III.
- Event
- Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on May 25, 1997 (7PM), by Nick of Time Productions of White Plains, N.Y.
- Restricted access
- Permission required.
- Funding
- 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
- DVD.
- Local note
- Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-4507.
- Local subject
- Drum dances.
- Local subject
- Male dancing.
- Acrobatic dancing.
- Added author
- Nelson, Madeleine Yayodele. Speaker
- Ishangi, Kwame, dancer.
- Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.
- Davis, Chuck, 1937- dancer.
- Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.
- Moving with the Spirit (Dance company)
- Djoulé Africans (Dance company)
- Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
- Bokandéye African American Dance Theatre.
- Rennie Harris PureMovement (Dance company)
- Brooklyn Academy of Music.
- DanceAfrica (Festival)
- DHCA.
- Research call number
- *MGZIDVD 5-771