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DanceAfrica 2000 cultural connections

Title
DanceAfrica 2000 [videorecording] : cultural connections / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
Publication
c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Davis, Chuck, 1937-
  • Osborne, Gene.
  • Myers, Zan
  • Harris, Rennie, 1964-
  • Dye, Patricia.
  • Thornton, Karen.
  • Grant, William H., III.
  • Woolbright, Ngoma.
  • Gibson-Woolbright, Normadien.
  • Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
  • Djoulé Africans (Dance company)
  • Rennie Harris PureMovement (Dance company)
  • BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
  • Génies Noirs du Benin.
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music.
  • Character Generators/Video.
  • DanceAfrica (Festival)
Description
2 videocassettes (156 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Subject
  • Dance > Africa, West
  • Dance > Benin
  • Drummers (Musicians)
  • Hip-hop
  • Dance, Black > United States
  • Child dancers
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Accompanied by house program.
Access (note)
  • Permission required.
Credits (note)
  • Lighting, William H. Grant III ; stage manager, N'Goma Woolbright ; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright ; production stage manager, Kimberly M. Palma.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 4, 2000 ; videography, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.
Contents
  • Cassette 1 (ca. 67 min.). Memorial / choreography, Chuck Davis ; music, Sweet Honey in the Rock (excerpts from Echoes).
  • Elders' ceremony.
  • Y2D / artistic direction, Gene Osborne Jr. ; choreography, Zan Myers ; music direction, Yao Ababio ; music coordination, Osei Ababio ; danced by Djoulé African.
  • Cultural connections / welcome by Chuck Davis, followed by a dance by Davis and male dancers of Djoulé African.
  • Students of the asphalt jungle / choreography, Rennie Harris ; music, Pleasuredome, Goodmen, River Oceana, Armand, mixed by DJ Todd Damon ; danced by Rennie Harris Puremovement: Brandon Albright, James Colter, E. Moncell Durden, Clyde Evans Jr., D. Sabela Grimes, Rennie Harris, Duane L. Holland Jr., Rodney "Zoe" Mason, Joey Middleton Jr., Les Rivera, Ron Wood, Raphael Xavier.
  • Cassette 2 (ca. 89 min.). Dancing on sacred ground. Processional / danced by full cast -- Musical salute / performed by Djoulé African -- Abalalanga / harvest dance from Zimbabwe ; choreography and costumes, Chuck Davis ; rehearsal direction, Pat Dye ; performed by male dancers of the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble -- Bamaya / dance from northern Ghana ; choreography, Eric Mensah, recreated by Karen Thornton ; performed by the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble -- 4/4 / celebratory dance ; choreography, Chuck Davis ; rehearsal direction, Pat Dye ; performed by the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
  • Dancing on sacred ground (cont.). [Flute solo and introduction] / by member of Les Génies Noirs du Benin, who describes the following dances by the company [performed in different order than on house program] -- Sakpata / religious dance honoring Sakpata, divinity of smallpox and master of the earth -- Houngan / war dance -- Dan / sacred dance honoring Bada Ayidowhédo, divinity of the rainbow -- Yaoïtcha / religious dance in honor of Yaoïtcha, a mix of several divinities.
  • Finale.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4568
OCLC
NYPY00-F997
Title
DanceAfrica 2000 [videorecording] : cultural connections / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
Imprint
c2000.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 4, 2000 ; videography, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.
Credits
Lighting, William H. Grant III ; stage manager, N'Goma Woolbright ; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright ; production stage manager, Kimberly M. Palma.
Restricted Access
Permission required.
Local Subject
Male dancing.
Local Subject
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Africa, West.
Added Author
Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
Davis, Chuck, 1937- choreographer.
Davis, Chuck, 1937- speaker.
Osborne, Gene.
Myers, Zan, choreographer.
Harris, Rennie, 1964- choreographer.
Dye, Patricia.
Thornton, Karen.
Grant, William H., III.
Woolbright, Ngoma.
Gibson-Woolbright, Normadien.
Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
Djoulé Africans (Dance company)
Rennie Harris PureMovement (Dance company)
BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
Génies Noirs du Benin.
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Character Generators/Video.
DanceAfrica (Festival)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4568
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