Research Catalog

Dance Africa '98 African roots in American soil, male rites of passage

Title: Dance Africa '98 [videorecording] : African roots in American soil, male rites of passage / artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
Publication: c1998.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

4 Items

Item details
Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	disc 3	Moving image	Permit needed	*MGZIDVD 5-762 disc 3	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	disc 2	Moving image	Permit needed	*MGZIDVD 5-762 disc 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	disc 1	Moving image	Permit needed	*MGZIDVD 5-762 disc 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.		Moving image	Permit needed	*MGZIDVD 5-762	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

Details

Additional Authors

Description

3 videodiscs (NTSC) (180 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Alternative Title

African roots in American soil, male rites of passage
Male rites of passage
DanceAfrica '98, African roots in American soil, male rites of passage

Subject

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

DACEMI (DanceAfrica Council of Elders Mentoring Initiative) is a program for African-American boys aged 13 through 18, who participate in a youth leadership program sponsored by the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble is a group of one hundred adult and child performers sponsored by the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Accompanied by house program.

Access (note)

Permission required.

Credits (note)

Cameraperson, Mark Robison; stage manager, N'goma Woolbright; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright; lighting, William H. Grant III.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, Brooklyn, New York, on June 21, 1998, by Character Generators Inc.

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 (60 min.): Memorial: Breaths / choreography, Chuck Davis ; music, Sweet Honey in the Rock ; performed by community ensemble and candle bearers -- Griot / greeting and welcome by Chuck Davis, who introduces his teacher Michael Babatunde Olatunji -- Procession of Elders -- Drum call -- Sacred grove -- Spiritual protection / dances associated with male rites of passage, performed by three masks: mask Guéglin, Mask Djouanigbê and Mask Zaouly ; performed by Mask Dance Company ; artistic director, Mamadou Dahoué ; female dancers-singers, Mian Carolle, Yao Affoué, Sylvie Oulaï, Shelly Fortune, Tina Smith, Sabine Lafortune, Darnetha Lincoln, Guirlande Zetrenne, Carlyn Hodge, Princess T. Smith ; young female dancers, Breana Lafortune, Aisha Kevin ; male dancers-singers-mask dancers, Mamadou Dahoué, Vado Diomandé, Assamoua Jean, Bi Botty, David Mitchell ; musicians-singers, Dji Bi Irie (music director), Tra Bi Lizie, Sogbety Diomandé, Moussa Camara.-- Empowerment -- Rite of passage -- Kingo / dance of the Mandinka people, Gambia, West Africa ; performed by the DACEMI initiates and their mentors ; the initiates are individually introduced by Chuck Davis.
Disc 2 (60 min.): Continuation of Kingo -- Call to culture / performed by Sankofa Dance Company [name also given on program as Sankofa Dance Theater] from Baltimore, Md. ; directors, Kauina [name also given on program as Kauna and Kuana] Mujamal, Kibibi Ajanku-Mujamal ; musical directors, K. Salim Ajanku, Menes Yahudah ; dancers, Jamila Ajanku, Kibibi Ajanku-Mujamal, Robin L. Boyd, Akilah Clarke, Dawn Coleman, Kyra Daley, Cassandra DeLeon, Cheryl Hinton, Dorothy Holley, Kauna Mujamal, Rashidah K. Musse, Ayanna VonHendricks, Olufunmike Woods ; drummers, Jumoke Ajanku, K. Salim Ajanku, Darrin Jones, Omari Taylor, Menes Yahudah -- Welcoming / danced by the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble and the DACEMI initiates -- African connection / danced by IWISA Dance Company ; manager, Praise Zenenga ; dancers, Robert Sola, Dabson Chitengedza, Butholezwe Ndlovu, Smart Mlalazi, Brian Sibanda, Xolisani Ndlovu, Godfrey Tiro Phuti, Dalubehle Trust Hadebe -- Dance Rituelle, dance Zoua, dance Koukoubâ, dance Zaouly / danced by Mask Dance Company.
Disc 3 (60 min.): African roots in American soil / choreography, James Kelley Green III ; Dundunbah (dance of strength) from Guinea ; performed by the DACEMI initiates -- Umoja / includes gum boot dance -- Introduction of participants and closing remarks by Chuck Davis -- Continuation of DanceAfrica celebration outside Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-762

OCLC

NYPY99-F1121

Title

Dance Africa '98 [videorecording] : African roots in American soil, male rites of passage / artistic direction by Chuck Davis.

Imprint

c1998.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Credits

Cameraperson, Mark Robison; stage manager, N'goma Woolbright; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright; lighting, William H. Grant III.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, Brooklyn, New York, on June 21, 1998, by Character Generators Inc.

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 9-5810.

Local Subject

Initiation dances.

Mask dances.

Stilt dances.

Weapon dances.

Male dancing.

Added Author

Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.

Davis, Chuck, 1937- choreographer.

Davis, Chuck, 1937- speaker.

Olatunji, Babatunde. Instrumentalist

Dahoue, Mamadou. Director

Diomandé, Vado, dancer. Singer

Carolle, Mian, dancer.

Affoué, Yao, dancer.

Oulaï, Sylvie, dancer.

Fortune, Shelly, dancer.

Smith, Tina, dancer.

Lafortune, Sabine, dancer.

Lincoln, Darnetha, dancer.

Zetrenne, Guirlande, dancer.

Hodge, Carlyn, dancer.

Smith, Princess T., dancer.

Lafortune, Breana, dancer.

Kevin, Aisha, dancer.

Jean, Assamoua, dancer. Singer

Botty, Bi, dancer. Singer

Mitchell, David, dancer. Singer

Irie, Dji Bi. Musician

Lizie, Tra Bi. Musician

Diomandé, Sogbety. Musician

Camara, Moussa. Musician

Anjaku-Mujamal, Kibibi. dir

Anjaku, K. Salim. dir

Yahudah, Menes. dir

Ajanku, Jamilla, dancer.

Boyd, Robin L., dancer.

Clarke, Akilah, dancer.

Coleman, Dawn, dancer.

Daley, Kyra, dancer.

DeLeon, Cassandra, dancer.

Hinton, Cheryl, dancer.

Holley, Dorothy, dancer.

Mujamal, Kauna, dancer.

Musse, Rashidah K., dancer.

VonHendricks, Ayanne, dancer.

Woods, Olufunmike, dancer.

Ajanku, Jumoke. Musician

Ajanku, K. Salim. Musician

Jones, Darrin. Musician

Taylor, Omari. Musician

Zenenga, Praise.

Sola, Robert, dancer.

Chitengedza, Dabson, dancer.

Butholezwe, Ndlovu, dancer.

Mlalazi, Smart, dancer.

Sibanda, Brian, dancer.

Ndlovu, Xolisani, dancer.

Phuti, Godfrey Tiro, dancer.

Hadebe, Dalubehle Trust, dancer.

Green, James K., choreographer.

Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.

Woolbright, Ngoma. Production personnel

Gibson-Woolbright, Normadien. Production personnel

Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.

Sweet Honey in the Rock (Musical group)

DanceAfrica (Festival)

Mask Dance Company.

Sankofa Dance Theater (Baltimore, Md.)

IWISA (Dance company)

BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.

DanceAfrica Council of Elders Mentoring Initiative.

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.

Character Generators/Video.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-762

View in Legacy Catalog