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Germaine Acogny interviewed by Mamadou Niang

Title
Germaine Acogny interviewed by Mamadou Niang [videorecording]
Publication
c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Niang, Mamadou.
  • Acogny, Germaine, 1944-
  • Bernadi, François
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark, N.J.)
  • NextMedia.tv (Firm)
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (36 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Germaine Acogny discusses her artistic career and her most recent piece, Tchouraï, in the light of her belief that one must remain true to oneself and one's own cultural roots while being open to multi-cultural and multi-racial influences. Among the topics she discusses are the definition of the contemporary; the role of technique, and the distinction between technique and style; her collaboration with choreographer Sophiatou Kossoko on Tchouraï; the symbolic meanings attached to Tchouraï, and the audience's reception of the piece; L'Ecole des Sables, the training center she has founded in Toubab Dialaw with Helmut Vogt; her sense of the artist as interpreter; and her place in African modern dance. Her performance of Tchouraï is recorded on *MGZIA 4-6795 Germaine Acogny and Vincent Sekwati Koko Mantsoe.
Subject
  • Acogny, Germaine, 1944- > Interviews
  • Kossoko, Sophiatou
  • Tchouraï (Choreographic work : Acogny and Kossoko)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Note
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of Germaine Acogny, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Translation, François Bernadi.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, N.J., on February 14, 2003; video documentation, NextMedia.tv; direction, Mamadou Niang; camera, Douglas Higginbotham; editing, François Bernadi.
Funding (note)
  • This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
  • Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Language (note)
  • Credits in English; interview in French with English subtitles.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6850
OCLC
NYPY03-F193
Title
Germaine Acogny interviewed by Mamadou Niang [videorecording]
Imprint
c2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, N.J., on February 14, 2003; video documentation, NextMedia.tv; direction, Mamadou Niang; camera, Douglas Higginbotham; editing, François Bernadi.
Credits
Translation, François Bernadi.
Funding
This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Language
Credits in English; interview in French with English subtitles.
Added Author
Niang, Mamadou. Director. Interviewer
Acogny, Germaine, 1944- Interviewee
Bernadi, François, editor of moving image work.
Bernadi, François, translator.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark, N.J.)
NextMedia.tv (Firm)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6850
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