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Dance Africa : today's rhythms, drums toward the future

Title
Dance Africa : today's rhythms, drums toward the future [videorecording].
Publication
1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Davis, Chuck, 1937-
  • Bogard, Mitchell.
  • Guiraud, Rose Marie.
  • Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo
  • Tyler, Edwina Lee.
  • Giraud, Tiyé.
  • Urban Bush Women (Dance company)
  • Guirivoires (Dance company)
  • Sabar ak Ru Afriq (Dance company)
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music.
  • DanceAfrica (Festival)
Description
3 videodiscs (NTSC) (137 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
  • Wild women don't get the blues (Choreographic work : Zollar)
  • Anarchy, wild women and Dina (Choreographic work : Zollar)
Alternative Title
  • Today's rhythms, drums toward the future
  • Drums toward the future
  • DanceAfrica, today's rhythms, drums toward the future
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Eleventh annual festival of African-American dance.
Access (note)
  • Permission required.
Credits (note)
  • Artistic director/griot [narrator], Chuck Davis; lighting, Mitchell Bogard.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance by Character Generators at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on June 4, 1988.
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 (48 min.): Greeting by Chuck Davis -- Libation and welcoming / by Davis, Rose Marie Guiraud, and others -- Wild women don't get the blues and excerpts from Anarchy, wild women and Dinah / choreographer, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar ; music, Edwina Lee Tyler ("Goin' to see Aunt Dinah" and "Knee bone walk") ; vocal music direction, Tiye Giraud.
  • Disc 2 (32 min.): This is the village : dance of the Djun-Djun and The Wolloff drums / performed by Sabar Ak Ru Afriq.
  • Disc 3 (57 min.): Dances / by Les Guirivoires ; introduced by artistic director Rose Marie Guiraud ; including Ballo, Zaouli (mask dance), Tematé, Kotou, Banti, Walé, and finale ; performed by Les Guirivoires -- Bows and dancing by participating companies.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-638
OCLC
NYPY896034243-F
Title
Dance Africa : today's rhythms, drums toward the future [videorecording].
Imprint
1988.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Credits
Artistic director/griot [narrator], Chuck Davis; lighting, Mitchell Bogard.
Performer
Participating companies: Urban Bush Women, Sabar Ak Ru Afriq, Les Guirivoires.
Event
Videotaped in performance by Character Generators at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on June 4, 1988.
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 9-1755.
Local Subject
Guro (African people) -- Dances.
Dan (African people) -- Dances.
Baoulé (African people) -- Dances.
Local Subject
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Africa.
Mask dances.
Television. DanceAfrica.
Added Author
Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
Davis, Chuck, 1937- narrator.
Bogard, Mitchell. Lighting designer
Guiraud, Rose Marie. Speaker
Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo, choreographer.
Tyler, Edwina Lee. Composer
Giraud, Tiyé. Composer
Urban Bush Women (Dance company)
Guirivoires (Dance company)
Sabar ak Ru Afriq (Dance company)
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
DanceAfrica (Festival)
Added Title
Wild women don't get the blues (Choreographic work : Zollar)
Anarchy, wild women and Dina (Choreographic work : Zollar)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-638
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