Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
2. Grant, William H., III
3. Myers, Lou, 1935-2013
4. Love, Adewole
5. Cooper, Marion
6. Djembé Orchestra.
7. Calabash Dance Company.
8. Roots of Brazil Dance Troupe.
9. Mask Dance Company.
10. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
11. DanceAfrica (Festival)
12. DHCA.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (119 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Alternative title

1. Africa speaks, America answers
2. DanceAfrica '97, 20th anniversary celebration

Subject

1. Dance
2. Mask dances
3. Dance, Black
4. Capoeira (Dance)
5. Acrobatic dancing
6. Dance > Brazil > Bahia (State)
7. Stick dances
8. Stilt dances
9. Video
10. Black films and programs
11. Drummers (Musicians)

Genre/Form

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

Contents

1. 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.
2. 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

1. *MGZIDVD 5-774

Note

1. Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.
2. Accompanied by house program.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

1. Lighting, William H. Grant III.

Event (note)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Dance Africa '97, 20th anniversary celebration [videorecording] : Africa speaks, America answers / artistic direction by Chuck Davis.

Imprint

1. 1997.

Country of producing entity

1. United States

Performer

1. Griot, Lou Myers.

Credits

1. Lighting, William H. Grant III.

Event

1. 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

1. Permission required.

Funding

1. 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

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-4510.

Local subject

1. Stick dances.
2. Acrobatic dancing.
3. Mask dances.
4. Stilt dances.

Added author

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
2. Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.
3. Myers, Lou, 1935-2013, performer.
4. Love, Adewole, performer.
5. Cooper, Marion, choreographer.
6. Djembé Orchestra.
7. Calabash Dance Company.
8. Roots of Brazil Dance Troupe.
9. Mask Dance Company.
10. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
11. DanceAfrica (Festival)
12. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-774