Badenya '98, Les Ballets Bagata a tribute to Samory Turay and his time ; a festival of oral tradition, music, and dance of West Africa
Title
Badenya '98, Les Ballets Bagata [electronic resource] : a tribute to Samory Turay and his time ; a festival of oral tradition, music, and dance of West Africa / presented by the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in collaboration with the Badenya Organizing Committee ; concept design, organizing committee chair and master of ceremonies, Kewulay Kamara ; project director, Tom van Buren.
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (32 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
According to the program, Almamy Samory Turay (also known as Samori Toure) "was the greatest West African leader of the 19th century -- 'the Napoleon of the Sudan' -- and the finest example of African dignity expressed in resistance."
Sofah, dance of Samory's army -- Lambang, dance for the kings. Also included is a song performed by Keba Bobo Cissoko, kora player and vocalist.
Call number
*MGZIDF 2460
Note
This performance was videotaped by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library with the cooperation of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Badenya Organizing Committee, Mamadou Niang, John Jay College Theater, The City University of New York.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Badenya Organizing Committee: chair, Kewulay Kamara, and Sherrif Ceesay, Babou Kassé, Mamadou Niang, Mahamadou Salieu Suso ; Center for Traditional Music and Dance, artistic and executive director, Ethel Raim ; sound, Douglas Rice ; lighting, Violet Lee.
Performer (note)
Introduced by Tom van Buren and Kewulay Kamara.
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance at John Jay College Theater, The City University of New York, New York, on May 30, 1998. Video production: director, Mamadou Niang ; cameras, Ghasem Ebrahimian, Mark Braverman ; editing, François Bernadi.
Funding (note)
This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The assistance of New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
Title
Badenya '98, Les Ballets Bagata [electronic resource] : a tribute to Samory Turay and his time ; a festival of oral tradition, music, and dance of West Africa / presented by the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in collaboration with the Badenya Organizing Committee ; concept design, organizing committee chair and master of ceremonies, Kewulay Kamara ; project director, Tom van Buren.
Imprint
c1998.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped in performance at John Jay College Theater, The City University of New York, New York, on May 30, 1998. Video production: director, Mamadou Niang ; cameras, Ghasem Ebrahimian, Mark Braverman ; editing, François Bernadi.
Credits
Badenya Organizing Committee: chair, Kewulay Kamara, and Sherrif Ceesay, Babou Kassé, Mamadou Niang, Mahamadou Salieu Suso ; Center for Traditional Music and Dance, artistic and executive director, Ethel Raim ; sound, Douglas Rice ; lighting, Violet Lee.
Performer
Introduced by Tom van Buren and Kewulay Kamara.
Performed by Les Ballets Bagata ; artistic director and choreographer, Youssouf Koumbassa ; performers, Febronie Koumbassa, Diane Scott, Dianne Braithwaite, Pam Amma Wilson, Kibibi Haynes, Robin Gee, Monique Walker, Randi Lloyd, Alisco Diabate, M'Bemba Bangoura.
Kora solo and song performed by Keba Bobo Cissoko.
Funding
This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The assistance of New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.