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Dance Africa : the griot's corner

Title: Dance Africa : the griot's corner [videorecording].
Publication: 1991.

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Description

3 videodiscs (NTSC) (151 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

Griot's corner
DanceAfrica, the griot's corner
Uncle Remus revisited.
Ode to Brahma.
N'ga chosan bu mya.
Honor the source.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Fourteenth annual festival of African-American dance and music.

Access (note)

Permission required.

Credits (note)

Choreography, Chuck Davis (for the African-American Dance Ensemble and masked dancers), Abdel Salaam (for Forces of Nature), members of Ladygourd Sangoma, and Wilhelmina Taylor (for Touch of Folklore and More); lighting, William H. Grant III; artistic director/griot [oral historian], Chuck Davis.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on June 1, 1991.

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 (56 min.): Introduction by Chuck Davis -- Honoring those who have passed on to the ancestral ground -- Libation -- Uncle Remus revisited / music, Kweyao Agyapon ; costumes, Abdel R. Salaam, Esther Grant ; performed by Forces of Nature: Dwayne Thomas (Brer Supah Hawk), Timothy Colbert (Brer Rattler), Sekou Quantu, Nikon Quantu, Eugene Niles, Malcolm Murray, Caren Calder (Funky Mama), Dianne Scott, Osunhwale Lett, Patricia Dye, Dina Wright (Chickweed), Karen Thornton (Chigaboo), Esther Grant (Kawkina) -- Ode to Brahma / costumes, Salaam, Grant ; performed by Forces of Nature: Grant, Calder, Scott, Thornton, Wright, Lett, Kevin Rainey, Niles, Marck Waymmonn, Dye, Dele Husbands.
Disc 2 (58 min.): N'ga chosan bu mya (Honor the source) : an African-American awareness ritual / in order of appearance: Mask dancers: the African-American Dance Ensemble ; Initiates: the African-American Dance Ensemble ; Council of Elders: Papa McGee, Mama McGee, Elsie Washington, Lee Abramson, Bilal Aburahman, Rahkiah Abdurahman, Al Carter ; Village youths: Touch of Folklore and More ; Ritual: the African-American Dance Ensemble -- Give us strength: featuring Mandani, Touch of Folklore and more ; Body and soul: Ladygourd Sangoma (Ahmondylla Best, Tiye Giraud, Pamela Patrick, Pat Hall-Smith) ; In celebration : [performed by entire cast] ; Grand finale.
Disc 3 (37 min.): Conclusion of N'ga chosan bu mya.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-701

OCLC

NYPY926082859-F

Title

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

Imprint

1991.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Choreography, Chuck Davis (for the African-American Dance Ensemble and masked dancers), Abdel Salaam (for Forces of Nature), members of Ladygourd Sangoma, and Wilhelmina Taylor (for Touch of Folklore and More); lighting, William H. Grant III; artistic director/griot [oral historian], Chuck Davis.

Performer

Performed by the African-American Dance Ensemble, Forces of Nature, Ladygourd Sangoma, and Touch of Folklore and More.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on June 1, 1991.

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 9-3370.

Added Author

Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.

Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.

Davis, Chuck, 1937- choreographer.

Grant, Esther. Costume designer. Performer

Best, Ahmondylla. Performer

Giraud, Tiyé. Performer

Patrick, Pamela. Performer

Hall-Smith, Pat. Performer

Thomas, Dwayne. Performer

Colbert, Timothy. Performer

Quantu, Sekou. Performer

Quantu, Nikon. Performer

Niles, Eugene. Performer

Murray, Malcolm. Performer

Calder, Caren. Performer

Funky Mama. Performer

Scott, Dianne. Performer

Lett, Osunhwale. Performer

Dye, Patricia. Performer

Wright, Dina. Performer

Thornton, Karen. Performer

Rainey, Kevin. Performer

Waymmonn, Marck. Performer

Husbands, Dele. Performer

McGee, Papa. Performer

McGee, Mama. Performer

Washington, Elsie. Performer

Abramson, Lee. Performer

Aburahman, Bilal. Performer

Abdurahman, Rahkiah. Performer

Carter, Al. Performer

Taylor, Wilhelmina, choreographer.

Grant, William H., III. Lighting designer

Salaam, Abdel R., choreographer. Costume designer

Agyapon, Kweyao. Composer

African-American Dance Ensemble.

Forces of Nature (Dance company)

Ladygourd Sangoma (Dance company)

Touch of Folklore and More (Dance company)

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

DanceAfrica (Festival)

Added Title

Uncle Remus revisited.

Ode to Brahma.

N'ga chosan bu mya.

Honor the source.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-701

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