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DanceAfrica 2000, post-performance street celebration

Title
DanceAfrica 2000, post-performance street celebration [videorecording] / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
Publication
c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Davis, Chuck, 1937-
  • Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
  • BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
  • Djoulé Africans (Dance Company)
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music.
  • Character Generators/Video.
  • DanceAfrica (Festival)
Description
1 videocassette (64 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Informal performance of African and African-American dances, which are orally introduced by Chuck Davis and others. Most of the dancers are children or teenagers, many of them members of the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble. The musicians include members of Djoulé African. Among the numbers are: African-American step dancing ; Fanga, a dance of welcome from Liberia ; the royal dance of the warriors of the Watusi [Tutsi] people ; dances from the Congo and the old Mali empire. The performance concludes with impromptu dancing (solos and groups) by a succession of audience members and Chuck Davis.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Access (note)
  • Permission required.
Performer (note)
  • [Master of ceremonies]: Chuck Davis.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance on the street outside Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 4, 2000 ; videography, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4569
OCLC
NYPY00-F998
Title
DanceAfrica 2000, post-performance street celebration [videorecording] / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
Imprint
c2000.
Event
Videotaped in performance on the street outside Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 4, 2000 ; videography, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.
Performer
[Master of ceremonies]: Chuck Davis.
Restricted Access
Permission required.
Local Subject
African-American fraternity step dancing.
Local Subject
Dancers, Teen-age.
War dance.
Tutsi (African people) -- Dances.
Open air performances -- United States.
Added Author
Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.
Davis, Chuck, 1937- dancer.
Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
Djoulé Africans (Dance Company)
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Character Generators/Video.
DanceAfrica (Festival)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4569
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