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Breaking ground : Fela is alive!

Title: Breaking ground : Fela is alive!, October 28, 2008 / a community dialogue series moderated by Bill T. Jones.
Publication: 2008.

Details

Additional Authors

Found In

Contained in (manifestation): Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company records.

Description

1 online resource (1 video file (104 min., 5 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

This the fourth program (?) of Bill T. Jones' "Breaking ground" series, focusing the discussion on the off-Broadway show of "Fela!'. A filmed excerpt of the show was shown. The discussion is followed with commentary from audience members.

Series Statement

Breaking ground ; no. 4

Alternative Title

Breaking Ground with Bill T. Jones -- Community Dialogue Series -- Fela is Alive!

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Panel discussions.
Excerpts.

Note

Title and date from original physical media.
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

This program and Harlem Stage are sponsored by Chase Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, Deutsche Bank and the New York State Council of the Arts. Bill T. Jones, artistic director ; Jean Davidson, exective director ; Janet Wong, associate artistic director ; David Archuletta, program director. Harlem Stage: New Heritage Films, series videographer ; Voza Rivers, executive producer ; Jamal Joseph, executive artistic producer ; produced by Harlem Stage Partners Program.

Performer (note)

Roy Ayers, Aaron Johnson, Rikki Stein, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Sahr Ngaujah, panelists ; Bill T. Jones, moderator ; Pat Cruz (Artistic Director of Harlem Stage) and unidentified Harlem Stage director (closing comments), hosts ; Sahr Ngaujah (Fela) ; with Fela! dance ensemble.

Event (note)

Recorded at Harlem Stage on October 28, 2008.

Contents

Introductory words / Patricia Cruz, artistic director of Harlem Stage (0:00-4:00) -- Excerpt from FELA!: A new musical based on the life and music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti (film directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones ; book by Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis ; concieved by Bill T. Jones, Jim Lewis and Steve Hendel ; produced by Ruth and Steve Hendel and Roy Gabay ; starring Sahr Ngaujah as Fela Anikulapo Kuti ; Fela's music performed by Antibalas) (4:01-10:55) -- Breaking ground: Fela is alive!: community dialogue series (discussion) (10:56-61:31) -- Question and answer session with audience (61:32-102:54) -- Closing remarks ; End credits (102:55-104:05)

OCLC

1451536109

Title

Breaking ground : Fela is alive!, October 28, 2008 / a community dialogue series moderated by Bill T. Jones.

Production

2008.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

014405

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Series

Breaking ground ; no. 4

Credits

This program and Harlem Stage are sponsored by Chase Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, Deutsche Bank and the New York State Council of the Arts. Bill T. Jones, artistic director ; Jean Davidson, exective director ; Janet Wong, associate artistic director ; David Archuletta, program director. Harlem Stage: New Heritage Films, series videographer ; Voza Rivers, executive producer ; Jamal Joseph, executive artistic producer ; produced by Harlem Stage Partners Program.

Cast

Roy Ayers, Aaron Johnson, Rikki Stein, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Sahr Ngaujah, panelists ; Bill T. Jones, moderator ; Pat Cruz (Artistic Director of Harlem Stage) and unidentified Harlem Stage director (closing comments), hosts ; Sahr Ngaujah (Fela) ; with Fela! dance ensemble.

Event

Recorded at Harlem Stage on October 28, 2008.

Original Version

Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Breaking ground : Fela is alive!, 2008. 1 videodisc (104 min., 5 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. (SPEC AMI ID)323534

Added Author

Stein, Rikki, panelist.

Ayers, Roy, panelist.

Johnson, Aaron, 1979- panelist.

Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo, panelist.

Ngaujah, Sahr, panelist.

Ngaujah, Sahr, performer.

Jones, Bill T., moderator.

Jones, Bill T., director.

Jones, Bill T., author.

Lewis, Jim (Writer), author.

Hendel, Steve, author.

Hendel, Steve, producer.

Hendel, Ruth, producer.

Gabay, Roy, producer.

Cruz, Patricia, 1947- host.

Jones, Bill T., choreographer.

Jones, Bill T., artistic director.

Wong, Janet, associate artistic director.

Davidson, Jean, executive director.

Archuletta, David, program director.

Joseph, Jamal, executive artistic director.

Rivers, Voza, executive producer.

Choreography (work): Jones, Bill T. Fela!

Container of (work): Fela, 1938-1997. Songs. Selections.

Antibalas' Afrobeat Orchestra, performer.

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, presenter.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., sponsor.

Harlem Stage Partners Program, presenter.

Rockefeller Foundation. New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, sponsor.

Deutsche Bank, sponsor.

New York State Council on the Arts, sponsor.

New Heritage Films, videographer.

Harlem Stage, presenter.

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, dancer.

Original physical media: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, donor.

Found In:

Contained in (manifestation): Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company records.

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