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Fagaala

Title
Fagaala [videorecording] / presented by New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Alternate Routes: World Festival VII ; Jant-Bi ; artistic direction by Germaine Acogny ; choreography by Germaine Acogny and Kota Yamazaki ; music by Fabrice Bouillon-Laforest and Jean-Yves Gratius.
Publication
c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Acogny, Germaine, 1944-
  • Yamazaki, Kota
  • Bouillon-Laforest, Fabrice.
  • Gratius, Jean-Yves.
  • Fiszer, Maciej, 1965-
  • Sy, Oumou.
  • Mühlberger, Horst.
  • Diop, Boubacar Boris, 1946-
  • Niang, Mamadou.
  • Bernadi, François.
  • Company Jant-Bi.
  • Ecole des Sables (Musical group)
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark, N.J.)
  • NextMedia.tv (Firm)
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (86 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Dance work inspired by the novel Murambi, le livre des ossements, by Senegalese writer Boubacar Boris Diop. This novel is described as the first fictionalized rendering of the genocide in Rwanda.
Uniform Title
Fagaala (Choreographic work : Acogny and Yamazaki)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Accompanied by house program.
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of Jant-Bi, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • Company Jant-Bi was created in 1998 with the dancers who participated in the first workshop at the Ecole des Sables, International Centre for Traditional and Contemporary African Dances, in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal.
Credits (note)
  • Assistant to Germaine Acogny, Longa Fo Eyeoto; assistant to Kota Yamazaki, Mina [given as Nina on frame] Nishimura; music, "African ball" by the musicians of the Ecole des Sables; set, Maciej Fiszer; costumes, Oumou Sy; lighting, Horst Mühlberger.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at the Victoria Theater, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, N.J., on Feb. 13, 2004; video production, NextMedia.tv; director, Mamadou Niang; editor, François Bernadi.
Funding (note)
  • This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
  • Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5357
OCLC
NYPY04-F147
Title
Fagaala [videorecording] / presented by New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Alternate Routes: World Festival VII ; Jant-Bi ; artistic direction by Germaine Acogny ; choreography by Germaine Acogny and Kota Yamazaki ; music by Fabrice Bouillon-Laforest and Jean-Yves Gratius.
Imprint
c2004.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Victoria Theater, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, N.J., on Feb. 13, 2004; video production, NextMedia.tv; director, Mamadou Niang; editor, François Bernadi.
Credits
Assistant to Germaine Acogny, Longa Fo Eyeoto; assistant to Kota Yamazaki, Mina [given as Nina on frame] Nishimura; music, "African ball" by the musicians of the Ecole des Sables; set, Maciej Fiszer; costumes, Oumou Sy; lighting, Horst Mühlberger.
Performer
Danced by Jant-Bi: Babacar Ba, Cire Beye, Abdoulaye Kane, Pape Ibrahima Ndiaye (Kaolack), Alioune Ndiaye, Ousmane Bane Ndiaye, Tchebe Saky, Abib Sow.
Musicians: Jean-Yves Gratius; musicians from the Ecole des Sables: Oumar Fandy Diop, Ndeye Seck, Mamadou Traoré, Djibril Ba, Abdourahman Diop.
Funding
This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIA 4-7469.
Local Subject
Literature and dance.
Added Author
Acogny, Germaine, 1944- choreographer.
Acogny, Germaine, 1944- Director
Yamazaki, Kota, choreographer.
Bouillon-Laforest, Fabrice. Composer
Gratius, Jean-Yves. Composer
Gratius, Jean-Yves. Musician
Fiszer, Maciej, 1965- Designer
Sy, Oumou. Costume designer
Mühlberger, Horst. Designer
Diop, Boubacar Boris, 1946-
Niang, Mamadou. Director
Bernadi, François. Film editor
Company Jant-Bi.
Ecole des Sables (Musical group)
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark, N.J.)
NextMedia.tv (Firm)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
Added Title
Fagaala (Choreographic work : Acogny and Yamazaki)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5357
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