Research Catalog
Dance Africa '97, 20th anniversary celebration Africa speaks, America answers
- Title
- Dance Africa '97, 20th anniversary celebration [videorecording] : Africa speaks, America answers / artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
- Publication
- 1997.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
3 Items
| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Moving image | Permit needed | *MGZIDVD 5-774 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | |
Not available - Please for assistance. | disc 1 | Moving image | Permit needed | *MGZIDVD 5-774 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | disc 2 | Moving image | Permit needed | *MGZIDVD 5-774 disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (119 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.
- Alternative Title
- Africa speaks, America answers
- DanceAfrica '97, 20th anniversary celebration
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Black films and programs.
- Video.
- 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 24, 1997 (3PM), 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.
- Contents
- Disc 1 (ca. 60 min.): Memorial -- Processional -- The spirit of Balogun lives / performed by the Djembé Orchestra, led by Adewole Love, son of Kolawole Balogun Ronald Love ; drumming -- The men's dance of strength / choreography, Marion Cooper Jr. ; performed by Calabash Dance Theater.
- Disc 2 (ca. 59 min.): [Dances] / performed by Roots of Brazil, including Maculele (stick dance ; remnant of a warrior dance attributed to the Cucumbis of Angola) and Capoeira (game of Angolan heritage) -- Blessings of twenty years of DanceAfrica / performed by Mask Dance Company ; dance work in four parts: I, initates communicate with the masks (gods) ; II, called by the initates, the Guegbin mask, representing protective power, comes to deter evil spirits ; III, the Flaly mask, representing beauty and happiness, amuses the evil spirits and assists the initiates and Guegbin in eradicating them ; IV, celebration of renewed faith, hope, spirituality and balance of life -- Grand finale / featuring all of the afternoon's performers.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-774
- OCLC
- NYPY98-F2826
- Title
- Dance Africa '97, 20th anniversary celebration [videorecording] : Africa speaks, America answers / artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
- Imprint
- 1997.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States
- Performer
- Griot, Lou Myers.
- Credits
- Lighting, William H. Grant III.
- Event
- Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on May 24, 1997 (3PM), 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 9-4510.
- Local Subject
- Stick dances.Acrobatic dancing.Mask dances.Stilt dances.
- Added Author
- Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.Myers, Lou, 1935-2013, performer.Love, Adewole, performer.Cooper, Marion, choreographer.Djembé Orchestra.Calabash Dance Company.Roots of Brazil Dance Troupe.Mask Dance Company.Brooklyn Academy of Music.DanceAfrica (Festival)DHCA.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-774