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On Fire with African Dance : Concepts in African Dance Choreography versus Authenticity

Title
  1. On Fire with African Dance : Concepts in African Dance Choreography versus Authenticity / a presentation by Djoniba Mouflet, Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre ; presented by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Published by
  1. 2013.

Available online

Details

Additional authors
  1. Mouflet, A. Djoniba, 1961-
  2. Sylla, Mangue
  3. Dembele, Sekou, 1945-
  4. Thiam, Lamine
  5. Owie, Amenaghawon
  6. Moore, Melissa
  7. Sigere, Clarysse
  8. Leacock, Terrol
  9. Kanor, Julien, 1986-
  10. Schmidt, Jan, 1948-
  11. Penn, Robert E.
  12. Robert Penn Productions.
  13. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  14. New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (93 min.) : sound, color; H.264 file.
Summary
  1. Djoniba Mouflet discusses his dance background, the history of West African dance and drumming, which is interspersed with performances and video footage from his collection and the Dance Division's archive.
Series statement
  1. Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Subject
  1. Nonfiction films
  2. Interviews
  3. Filmed performances
  4. Video
  5. Drum > Performance > Africa, West
  6. Dance > Africa, West
  7. Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre
  8. Sylla, Mangue
  9. Mouflet, A. Djoniba, 1961-
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
  3. Interviews.
  4. Filmed performances.
  5. Nonfiction films.
Contents
  1. Introduction (4 min.) / speaker, Jan Schmidt -- Performance (9 min.) -- Presentation (70 min.) / speakers, Djoniba Mouflet and Mangue Sylla -- Performance (10 min.).
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 1330
Note
  1. Widescreen.
  2. Introduced by Jan Schmidt (Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division).
  3. Recording made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
  4. Video excerpts from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  5. A series of free public programs on African dance presented by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division with The Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  1. Videography production, Robert Penn Productions ; producer, Robert Penn ; director of photography, Jonathan Weaver ; editor, Robert Penn.
Funding (note)
  1. This recording was made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Title
  1. On Fire with African Dance : Concepts in African Dance Choreography versus Authenticity / a presentation by Djoniba Mouflet, Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre ; presented by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Production
  1. 2013.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Digital file characteristics
  1. video file streaming H.264
Series
  1. Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Access
  1. Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event
  1. Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on 2013 April 11.
Performer
  1. Performers: drummers, Sekou-Dembele Pablo, Mangue Sylla ; dancer drummer, Lamine Thiam ; dancers, Amenaghawon Owie, Melissa Moore, Clarysse Sigere, Terrol Leacock, Julien Kanor.
  2. Speakers, Jan Schmidt (Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division), Djoniba Mouflet, and Mangue Sylla.
Credits
  1. Videography production, Robert Penn Productions ; producer, Robert Penn ; director of photography, Jonathan Weaver ; editor, Robert Penn.
Funding
  1. This recording was made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Mouflet, A. Djoniba, 1961- speaker.
  2. Mouflet, A. Djoniba, 1961- performer.
  3. Sylla, Mangue, speaker.
  4. Sylla, Mangue, performer.
  5. Dembele, Sekou, 1945- performer.
  6. Thiam, Lamine, performer.
  7. Owie, Amenaghawon, performer.
  8. Moore, Melissa, performer.
  9. Sigere, Clarysse, performer.
  10. Leacock, Terrol, performer.
  11. Kanor, Julien, 1986- performer.
  12. Schmidt, Jan, 1948- speaker.
  13. Penn, Robert E., videographer.
  14. Penn, Robert E., editor.
  15. Robert Penn Productions.
  16. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  17. New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDF 1330
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