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Odadaa! drumming and dances of Ghana

Title
Odadaa! [videorecording] : drumming and dances of Ghana / presented by World Music Institute ; direction, choreography, musical arrangements and compositions by Yacub Addy.
Publication
c1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Addy, Yacub
  • Thompson, Otey.
  • Holub, Johannes.
  • Holub, Jenny.
  • Ward, Penny
  • Odadaa! (Dance company)
  • Detour Productions.
  • World Music Institute.
  • Symphony Space (New York, N.Y.)
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
  • DHCA.
Description
3 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (131 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Program of music and dance from Ghana, concluding with a song and dance with audience participation and the introduction of company members by director Yacub Addy.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Music.
  • Video.
  • Black films and programs.
Note
  • Accompanied by house program.
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of the World Music Institute, Odadaa!, Symphony Space, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Credits (note)
  • Production management, Detour Productions ; manager, Amina Addy ; costumes, Yacub Addy and Otey Thompson.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at Symphony Space, New York, on February 21, 1997 ; video director, Johannes Holub ; cameras, Jenny Holub and Penny Ward.
Funding (note)
  • Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Contents
  • Cassette 1 (ca. 60 min.). Tokei / dance of young Ga-Adangme women -- Drum invocation / performed by Yacub Addy -- Ga Akom and Otu / medicine rhythms of the Ga people -- Gome / drumming and singing -- Bawa / harvest dance of the Lobi people.
  • Cassette 2 (ca. 52 min.). Gota / social rhythm and dance of the Ewe people -- Kale kale (music) [listed on frame but not on printed program] / vocal and instrumental music -- Ta ta tei / song inspired by a Ga chant for infants -- Mamuye / song, literally "tastes so good" -- Kpanlogo / social rhythm and dance of the Ga people ; tells the story of a suitor who must charm a woman into revealing her name.
  • Cassette 3 (ca. 19 min.). Oge / social Ga rhythm.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-5427
OCLC
NYPY97-F178
Title
Odadaa! [videorecording] : drumming and dances of Ghana / presented by World Music Institute ; direction, choreography, musical arrangements and compositions by Yacub Addy.
Imprint
c1997.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Performed by Odadaa!: Tettey Addy, Okpoti Odamtten, Ameley Mankattaa, Ako Anum, Imani Amassah Kotey, Yeeye Annoh, Akweley Aryeetey, Berekisu Jesua Quao, Yao Kuwornu, George Boye Nunoo.
Credits
Production management, Detour Productions ; manager, Amina Addy ; costumes, Yacub Addy and Otey Thompson.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Symphony Space, New York, on February 21, 1997 ; video director, Johannes Holub ; cameras, Jenny Holub and Penny Ward.
Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Local Subject
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Ghana.
Added Author
Addy, Yacub, choreographer. Performer. Arranger. Costume designer
Thompson, Otey. Costume designer
Holub, Johannes. Videographer
Holub, Jenny. Videographer
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Odadaa! (Dance company)
Detour Productions.
World Music Institute.
Symphony Space (New York, N.Y.)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-5427
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