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On Fire with African Dance : Concepts in African Dance Choreography versus Authenticity

Title
On Fire with African Dance : Concepts in African Dance Choreography versus Authenticity / a presentation by Djoniba Mouflet, Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre ; presented by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Publication
2013.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Mouflet, A. Djoniba, 1961-
  • Sylla, Mangue
  • Dembele, Sekou, 1945-
  • Thiam, Lamine
  • Owie, Amenaghawon
  • Moore, Melissa
  • Sigere, Clarysse
  • Leacock, Terrol
  • Kanor, Julien, 1986-
  • Schmidt, Jan, 1948-
  • Penn, Robert E.
  • Robert Penn Productions.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Description
1 streaming video file (93 min.) : sound, color; H.264 file.
Summary
Djoniba Mouflet discusses his dance background, the history of West African dance and drumming, which is interspersed with performances and video footage from his collection and the Dance Division's archive.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Subject
  • Mouflet, A. Djoniba, 1961-
  • Sylla, Mangue
  • Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre
  • Dance > Africa, West
  • Drum > Performance > Africa, West
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Widescreen.
  • Introduced by Jan Schmidt (Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division).
  • Recording made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
  • Video excerpts from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • A series of free public programs on African dance presented by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division with The Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Videography production, Robert Penn Productions ; producer, Robert Penn ; director of photography, Jonathan Weaver ; editor, Robert Penn.
Funding (note)
  • This recording was made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Contents
Introduction (4 min.) / speaker, Jan Schmidt -- Performance (9 min.) -- Presentation (70 min.) / speakers, Djoniba Mouflet and Mangue Sylla -- Performance (10 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1330
OCLC
846501294
Title
On Fire with African Dance : Concepts in African Dance Choreography versus Authenticity / a presentation by Djoniba Mouflet, Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre ; presented by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Production
2013.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file streaming H.264
Series
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on 2013 April 11.
Performer
Performers: drummers, Sekou-Dembele Pablo, Mangue Sylla ; dancer drummer, Lamine Thiam ; dancers, Amenaghawon Owie, Melissa Moore, Clarysse Sigere, Terrol Leacock, Julien Kanor.
Speakers, Jan Schmidt (Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division), Djoniba Mouflet, and Mangue Sylla.
Credits
Videography production, Robert Penn Productions ; producer, Robert Penn ; director of photography, Jonathan Weaver ; editor, Robert Penn.
Funding
This recording was made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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Added Author
Mouflet, A. Djoniba, 1961- speaker.
Mouflet, A. Djoniba, 1961- performer.
Sylla, Mangue, speaker.
Sylla, Mangue, performer.
Dembele, Sekou, 1945- performer.
Thiam, Lamine, performer.
Owie, Amenaghawon, performer.
Moore, Melissa, performer.
Sigere, Clarysse, performer.
Leacock, Terrol, performer.
Kanor, Julien, 1986- performer.
Schmidt, Jan, 1948- speaker.
Penn, Robert E., videographer.
Penn, Robert E., editor.
Robert Penn Productions.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1330
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