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African dance drumming aspects of the contemporary.

Title
African dance drumming [videorecording] : aspects of the contemporary.
Publication
1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Gere, David.
  • Ladzekpo, C. K.
  • Denianke, Akili
  • Daniel, Yvonne, 1940-
  • Kai, Val
  • Ladzekpo, Betty
  • Jefferson, Alice
  • Willis, Rose
  • Carter, Leslie
  • Ratliff, Mpho
  • Penn, Calvin
  • Titus, Victor
  • Ladzekpo, Seth Kobla.
  • Yeager, Theron.
  • Hamm, Margie.
  • Webb, Ellen.
  • Ishangi, Kwame
  • Diouf, Zak
  • Talking Dance Project.
  • Ladzekpo Brothers African Music and Dance Ensemble.
  • Ladzekpo Brothers.
  • Harambee Dance Ensemble.
  • Ellen Webb Dance Foundation.
  • Bay Area Dance Series.
Description
2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (116 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Program of discussions and performances of African dancing and drumming.
Subject
  • Drummers (Musicians)
  • Music > Africa
  • Dance > Ghana
  • Dance, Black > California
  • Ghana
Note
  • Videotaped at Laney College Theatre, Oakland, California, on September 30, 1991. Video director: Theron Yeager. Presented by the Ellen Webb Dance Foundation as part of the Talking Dance Project (co-directors: Ellen Webb and David Gere). Co-sponsored by the Bay Area Dance Series and Mandeleo Institute.
  • Lighting: Margie Hamm.
Contents
Cassette 1 (approx. 62 min.): Opening speech by David Gere. -- A brief history of African dance-drumming in the Bay area, by Karen Ransom. Overview of dance-drumming in San Francisco and Oakland, from the 1930s to the present. -- Excerpt from Kpanlogo, the Ghanaian urban youth dance suite, perf. by the Ladzekpo Brothers African Music and Dance Ensemble. Dancers: Val Kai and Betty Ladzekpo. Drummers: Kobla Ladzekpo, C. K. Ladzekpo, Kwaku Ladzekpo, Agbi Ladzekpo, Moddy Perry, Gilbert Owusu, Joni Haastrup, Jordan Simmons, Seth Tager, and Shanon Dudley. Dance of the Ga people of Ghana. -- Excerpt from Nosongwa - the merging of things, perf. by Harambee Dance Ensemble. Choreography: Akili Denianke, Baba [Kwame] Ishangi, and Zak Diouf. Dancers: Alice Jefferson, Rose Willis, Leslie Carter, Mpho Ratliff, Calvin Penn, and Victor Titus. Musicians: Nimley Napla, Melvin Thomas, Ralph Eaglefeather, and Hugh Humphrey. -- Discussion with Aniki Denianke and C. K. Ladzekpo, moderated by Yvonne Daniel. Topics discussed include artistic goals, tradition and change, tradition and creativity, separatism versus inclusion of other races in teaching and performing African-American dancing and drumming, and the challenge of presenting traditional material to diverse audiences without loss of integrity. -- Cassette 2 (approx. 54 min.): Continuation of discussion.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-4191
OCLC
NYPY946069019-F
Title
African dance drumming [videorecording] : aspects of the contemporary.
Imprint
1991.
Local Subject
Television. African dance drumming.
Added Author
Gere, David. Director. Speaker
Ladzekpo, C. K. Instrumentalist. Commentator
Denianke, Akili, choreographer. Commentator
Daniel, Yvonne, 1940- Moderator
Kai, Val, dancer.
Ladzekpo, Betty, dancer.
Jefferson, Alice, dancer.
Willis, Rose, dancer.
Carter, Leslie, dancer.
Ratliff, Mpho, dancer.
Penn, Calvin, dancer.
Titus, Victor, dancer.
Ladzekpo, Seth Kobla. Musician
Yeager, Theron. Director
Hamm, Margie. Lighting designer
Webb, Ellen. Director
Ishangi, Kwame, choreographer.
Diouf, Zak, choreographer.
Talking Dance Project.
Ladzekpo Brothers African Music and Dance Ensemble.
Ladzekpo Brothers.
Harambee Dance Ensemble.
Ellen Webb Dance Foundation.
Bay Area Dance Series.
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-4191
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