Research Catalog

Title

Dance Africa '97, 20th anniversary celebration [videorecording] : Africa's cultural diversity / artistic direction by Chuck Davis.

Publication

1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nelson, Madeleine Yayodele.
• Ishangi, Kwame
• Davis, Chuck, 1937-
• Grant, William H., III
• Moving with the Spirit (Dance company)
• Djoulé Africans (Dance company)
• Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
• Bokandéye African American Dance Theatre.
• Rennie Harris PureMovement (Dance company)
• Brooklyn Academy of Music.
• DanceAfrica (Festival)
• DHCA.

Description

3 videodiscs (NTSC) (140 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Alternative Title

• Africa's cultural diversity
• DanceAfrica '97, 20th anniversary celebration

Subject

• Drummers (Musicians)
• Dance > Africa, West
• Dance, Black > United States
• Child dancers

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Black films and programs.
• Video.

Note

• Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.
• Accompanied by house program.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Credits (note)

• Lighting, William H. Grant III.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on May 25, 1997 (7PM), by Nick of Time Productions of White Plains, N.Y.

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 (ca. 53 min.): [Welcome] / by Chuck Davis -- Memorial -- Processional -- Honoring the Council of Elders -- I never seen a fat bird flying / performed by Moving with the Spirit ; movement based on indigenous dance styles of the African diaspora and Dunham technique -- Super DJembé Khan and Khan doun doun ba / performed by DJoulé African[s?] ; collaboration of drum and dance vocabulary.
• Disc 2 (ca. 61 min.): Genesis: the fruit never falls far from the tree / performed by Women of the Calabash ; speaker, Madeleine Yayodele Nelson ; vocal and instrumental piece tracing the "clave," a basic rhythm, from its origins in Ghana to the Caribbean and North America -- The good old days / performed by Bokandéye African American Dance Theatre ; collage of three West African dances: Ekon-kon, Doun-doun ba, and Timini -- One love / performed by Rennie Harris PureMovement ; preceded by brief solos by Chuck Davis, Baba Ishangi, and other men associated with DanceAfrica ; rite of passage performed by male dancers.
• Disc 3 (ca. 26 min.): One love, continued -- Grand finale / featuring all of the evening's performers.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-771

OCLC

NYPY98-F2836

Title

Dance Africa '97, 20th anniversary celebration [videorecording] : Africa's cultural diversity / artistic direction by Chuck Davis.

Imprint

1997.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Performer

Griot, Chuck Davis.

Credits

Lighting, William H. Grant III.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on May 25, 1997 (7PM), by Nick of Time Productions of White Plains, N.Y.

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 9-4507.

Local Subject

Drum dances.

Local Subject

Male dancing.

Acrobatic dancing.

Added Author

Nelson, Madeleine Yayodele. Speaker

Ishangi, Kwame, dancer.

Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.

Davis, Chuck, 1937- dancer.

Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.

Moving with the Spirit (Dance company)

Djoulé Africans (Dance company)

Women of the Calabash (Musical group)

Bokandéye African American Dance Theatre.

Rennie Harris PureMovement (Dance company)

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

DanceAfrica (Festival)

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-771