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DanceAfrica 2002 25 years of DanceAfrica; Africa, my Africa

Title
DanceAfrica 2002 [videorecording] : 25 years of DanceAfrica; Africa, my Africa / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
Publication
c2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Davis, Chuck, 1937-
  • Grant, William H., III.
  • Woolbright, Ngoma.
  • Gibson-Woolbright, Normadien.
  • Gaines, Jamel
  • Joseph, Kevin.
  • Worrell, Lakai
  • Wright, Dina
  • Dickerson, Jamal P.
  • Bandera Sido, Idalberto.
  • Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
  • BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
  • Creative Outlet Dance Theatre.
  • Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble.
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music.
  • Character Generators/Video.
  • DanceAfrica (Festival)
Description
2 videocassettes (VHS, NTSC) (151 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Program title: The African diaspora. Fourth and final program in the DanceAfrica 2002 festival; the other programs are: May 24, Recovering our legacy; May 25 (2PM), The African connection; May 25 (7:30PM), Africa speaks: America answers.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Alternative Title
25 years of DanceAfrica
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title on accompanying house program: 25 years of DanceAfrica.
Access (note)
  • Permission required.
Credits (note)
  • Lighting, William H. Grant III; stage manager, N'Goma Woolbright; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright; production stage manager, Jennifer Moody.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 26, 2002; video documentation, Character Generators Inc.; camera, Mark Robison.
Contents
  • Cassette 1 (ca. 76 min.). Processional -- Memorial -- Dancing on sacred ground / songs and solo dances honoring the orishas -- Griot's corner / welcome by Baba Chuck Davis.
  • We dance the earth's dance / choreography, Chuck Davis; danced by BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble ; opening song, "Lullaby from Santiago," sung by Bertha Armiñán Linares of Ballet Folclorico Cutumba.
  • Telling our stories, the suite / performed by Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn; directors, Jamel Gaines, Kevin Joseph, Lakai Worrell; comprises three dance works: Camaradans (2001) / choreography, Dina Wright - T.O.S.S. (Telling our stories spiritually) (2000) / choreography, Jamel Gaines -- Kwatakyé (2000) / choreography, Lakai Worrell. Cassette 1 also contains credits and the first 15 min. of the program's second half, which are repeated in full on cassette 2. For uninterrupted viewing of the second half, go to cassette 2.
  • Cassette 2 (ca. 75 min.). [Performance by] Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble / founders, Robert H. Dickerson, Wanda A. Dickerson; artistic director, chief choreographer, Jamal P. Dickerson; includes: Dimedi faabe -- Growing times -- Percussion party -- The family reunion -- Greetings from Universal African Dance -- Guardian "see" and "do" -- Martial arts madness -- Coming of a child -- Fly away. Among the performers are a child drummer and a stilt dancer.
  • [Performance by] Ballet Folclorico Cutumba / artistic director, Idalberto Bandera Sido; emcee, Julio Oscar Ruiz Miyares; includes: Segment one, Gaga -- Segment two, Tajona -- Segment three, Rumba. Music and dance of Afro-Franco-Haitian-Cuban origins, found primarily in Cuba's eastern (Oriente) provinces; includes a maypole dance.
  • Finale / performed by all participants.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5981
OCLC
NYPY03-F165
Title
DanceAfrica 2002 [videorecording] : 25 years of DanceAfrica; Africa, my Africa / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic direction by Chuck Davis.
Imprint
c2002.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped at Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 26, 2002; video documentation, Character Generators Inc.; camera, Mark Robison.
Credits
Lighting, William H. Grant III; stage manager, N'Goma Woolbright; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright; production stage manager, Jennifer Moody.
Restricted Access
Permission required.
Local Subject
Stilt dances.
Maypole and May dances.
Afro-Caribbean dancing.
Added Author
Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.
Grant, William H., III. Lighting designer
Woolbright, Ngoma.
Gibson-Woolbright, Normadien.
Gaines, Jamel, choreographer.
Joseph, Kevin. Director
Worrell, Lakai, choreographer.
Wright, Dina, choreographer.
Dickerson, Jamal P., choreographer.
Bandera Sido, Idalberto.
Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
Creative Outlet Dance Theatre.
Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble.
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Character Generators/Video.
DanceAfrica (Festival)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5981
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