Research Catalog

Title

The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 30: Oceania II [videorecording]

Publication

1985-1987.

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Details

Description

1 cassette. 39 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Music and dance of Polynesia: Tahiti, Marquesas Islands, Western Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Tokelau Islands, Cook Islands, Tuvalu Islands, and New Zealand (Maori). Nos. 1 to 17, 21 to 26 recorded at the Fourth Festival of Pacific Arts in Tahiti in July 1985. Nos. 18 to 20 performed by the Fiji Folk Performing Arts Troupe in Tokyo, Japan, in September 1986. Nos. 27 to 29 recorded in Tokyo in September 1987.

Series Statement

JVC video anthology of world music and dance ; 30

Subjects

• Dance > Fiji
• Maori (New Zealand people)
• Folk dancing > French Polynesia > Tahiti
• Weapon dances
• Dance > Tokelau
• Music > Oceania
• Dance > Tuvalu
• Folk dancing, Maori
• Folk dancing > Samoa
• Dance > Cook Islands
• Dance > Polynesia
• Hand ballets and dances
• Haka (Dance)
• Dance > Tonga
• Television > JVC video anthology of world music and dance
• Stick dances
• Bird dances

Note

• Video series produced by JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.), in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. Producer: Katsumori Ichikawa. Directors: Kunihiko Nakagawa and Yuji Ichihashi. Editorial director: Tomoaki Fujii. Distributed by Rounder Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For the accompanying program guide, see: *MGS (General) 92-2700.

Contents

• CONTENTS: Tahiti. No. 30-1: Excerpts from a drama portraying the betrothal of the king of the Marquesas and a Tahitian princess. Includes the 'ote'a [dance with drums] and 'aparima [hand dance]. -- No. 30-2: Hīmene-tārava [song]. -- No. 30-3: 'Ote'a. -- No. 30-4: 'Utē [narrative song]. -- No. 30-5: 'Aparima: "O Vai'ete rahi" ("Magnificent Vai'ete"). -- Marquesas Islands. No. 30-6: Putu [song with hand-clapping]. -- No. 30-7: Song and dance from the Marquesas: Haka [women's standing dance]: "Haka manumanu" ("Dance of birds"), Tape'a [sitting dance song], Rari [narrative song]. -- No. 30-8: Tape'a. -- Western Samoa. No. 30-9: Fa'ataupati [men's body-slapping dance]. -- No. 30-10: Mā'ulu'ulu [sitting dance and chorus]. -- No. 30-11: Sāsā [group dance]. -- No. 30-12: Seated dance. -- Tonga. No. 30-13: Ula [standing dance]. -- No. 30-14: Prelude to ma'ulu'ulu. -- No. 30-15: Ma'ulu'ulu. -- No. 30-16: Me'etu'upaki [men's paddle dance]. -- No. 30-17: Lakalaka [men's and women's dance with mixed chorus]. -- Fiji. No. 30-18: Seasea [women's standing dance]. -- No. 30-19: Meke wesi [men's spear dance]. -- No. 30-20: Farewell song: "Isa lei." -- Tokelau Islands. No. 30-21: Song and dance. -- Cook Islands. No. 30-22: Kaparima [hand dance]: "Taku manu e" ("O my bird"). -- No. 30-23: Kaparima: "'Onokura." -- No. 30-24: 'Ura pa'u [drum dance]. -- Tuvalu Islands. No. 30-25: Fa'atele [dance with songs and percussion]. -- No. 30-26
• Parting song. -- New Zealand. Maori. No. 30-27: Haka poi [ball dance]: "Pa mai" ("Please listen") and "Manu rere" ("A bird's wings"). -- No. 30-28: Tititorea [short stick dance]: "E hine hoki" ("She will come home to my house"). -- No. 30-29: Maori love song: "Pokarekare ana."

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1471

OCLC

NYPY926042235-F

Title

The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 30: Oceania II [videorecording]

Imprint

1985-1987.

Series

JVC video anthology of world music and dance ; 30

Local Subject

Television. JVC video anthology of world music and dance.

Dance -- Polynesia.

Dance -- Tonga.

Dance -- Fiji.

Dance -- Tokelau.

Dance -- Cook Islands.

Dance -- Tuvalu.

Māori (New Zealand people)

Folk dancing, Maori.

Folk dancing -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti.

Folk dancing -- Samoa.

Music -- Oceania.

Hand ballets and dances.

Weapon dances.

Bird dances.

Stick dances.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1471