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DanceAfrica 2000, post-performance street celebration
- Title
- DanceAfrica 2000, post-performance street celebration [videorecording] / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
- Publication
- c2000.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (64 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Informal performance of African and African-American dances, which are orally introduced by Chuck Davis and others. Most of the dancers are children or teenagers, many of them members of the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble. The musicians include members of Djoulé African. Among the numbers are: African-American step dancing ; Fanga, a dance of welcome from Liberia ; the royal dance of the warriors of the Watusi [Tutsi] people ; dances from the Congo and the old Mali empire. The performance concludes with impromptu dancing (solos and groups) by a succession of audience members and Chuck Davis.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Access (note)
- Permission required.
- Performer (note)
- [Master of ceremonies]: Chuck Davis.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in performance on the street outside Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 4, 2000 ; videography, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4569
- OCLC
- NYPY00-F998
- Title
- DanceAfrica 2000, post-performance street celebration [videorecording] / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
- Imprint
- c2000.
- Event
- Videotaped in performance on the street outside Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 4, 2000 ; videography, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.
- Performer
- [Master of ceremonies]: Chuck Davis.
- Restricted Access
- Permission required.
- Local Subject
- African-American fraternity step dancing.
- Local Subject
- Dancers, Teen-age.War dance.Tutsi (African people) -- Dances.Open air performances -- United States.
- Added Author
- Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.Davis, Chuck, 1937- dancer.Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.Djoulé Africans (Dance Company)Brooklyn Academy of Music.Character Generators/Video.DanceAfrica (Festival)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4569