Research Catalog

Title

Dance Africa : the griot's corner [videorecording].

Publication

1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Davis, Chuck, 1937-
• Ishangi, Kwame.
• Simmons, Bradley.
• King-Malik, Sadiq Renee.
• White, Lynette.
• Frederick, Ayanna
• Salaam, Abdel R.
• Konte, Assane
• Brown, Myra
• Even, Tirtza.
• Grant, William H., III
• DanceAfrica Djembe Orchestra.
• Calabash Dance Company.
• Forces of Nature (Dance company)
• International African Islamic Ballet.
• Kankouran West African Dance Company.
• Brooklyn Academy of Music.
• DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

3 videodiscs (NTSC) (157 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

• Griot's corner
• DanceAfrica, the griot's corner

Subjects

• Stilt dances
• Video
• Drum dances
• Dance
• Child dancers

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Credits (note)

• Artistic direction, Chuck Davis; musical direction, Bradley Simmons; lighting, William H. Grant III.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance by Tirtza Even of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 29, 1993 (8 p.m.).

Funding (note)

• 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)

• DVD.

Contents

• Disc 1 (54 min.): Greeting by Chuck Davis -- The memorial / "What is life?" by Sister Sadiq Renee King-Malik [and spoken offstage by Davis] ; singer, Lynette White -- The council of elders. -- Celebration / choreography, Ayanna Frederick and Myra Brown ; performed by Calabash Dance Theatre.
• Disc 2 (41 min.): Appel de tam tam / performed by DanceAfrica Djembe Orchestra and chakaba [stilt dancer] -- Cult of the wolves / choreography, Abdel R. Salaam ; performed by Forces of Nature.
• Disc 3 (62 min.): The light show / performed by International African Islamic Ballet -- [Shekere (gourd instrument) demonstration and performance] -- Diamono (Roots) / choreography, Assane Konte ; performed by Kankouran West African Dance Company -- [Finale] / performed by all the companies.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-709

OCLC

NYPY946001182-F

Title

Dance Africa : the griot's corner [videorecording].

Imprint

1993.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Artistic direction, Chuck Davis; musical direction, Bradley Simmons; lighting, William H. Grant III.

Performer

Griot [narrator/oral historian], Baba [Kwame] Ishangi; DanceAfrica Djembe Orchestra; directed by Bradley Simmons.

Event

Videotaped in performance by Tirtza Even of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 29, 1993 (8 p.m.).

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Funding

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

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3996.

Local Subject

Stilt dances.

Drum dances.

Added Author

Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.

Davis, Chuck, 1937- speaker.

Ishangi, Kwame. Narrator

Simmons, Bradley. Conductor

King-Malik, Sadiq Renee. Author of dialog

White, Lynette. sin

Frederick, Ayanna, choreographer.

Salaam, Abdel R., choreographer.

Konte, Assane, choreographer.

Brown, Myra, choreographer.

Even, Tirtza. Videographer

Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.

DanceAfrica Djembe Orchestra.

Calabash Dance Company.

Forces of Nature (Dance company)

International African Islamic Ballet.

Kankouran West African Dance Company.

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

DanceAfrica (Festival)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-709