Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Macandrew, James.
2. Bowers, Faubion, 1917-1999
3. Brockway, Merrill.
4. Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe.
5. CBS Television Network.
6. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Members of the troupe, representing 13 different African tribes, perform traditional music and dances of Sierra Leone, including the Konkoba (Hoe dance), devil dance, witch bird dance, rope dance, baboon dance, and several acrobatic dances.

Subject

1. Dance > Sierra Leone
2. Music > Sierra Leone
3. Dance companies > Sierra Leone

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4523

Credits (note)

1. Commentary, Faubion Bowers ; setting, Jim Ryan.

Performer (note)

1. Host: James McAndrew.

Event (note)

1. Telecast on the WCBS-TV series Camera three on January 23, 1972.

Title

1. Acrobatics of dance [videorecording] / WCBS-TV ; produced and directed by Merrill Brockway.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : WCBS-TV, 1972.

Event

1. Telecast on the WCBS-TV series Camera three on January 23, 1972.

Credits

1. Commentary, Faubion Bowers ; setting, Jim Ryan.

Performer

1. Host: James McAndrew.
2. Performed by the Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe.

Local subject

1. Television. Acrobatics of dance.
2. Television. Camera three.
3. Acrobatic dancing.
4. Devil dance.
5. Animal dances.

Added author

1. Macandrew, James. Host
2. Bowers, Faubion, 1917-1999, commentator.
3. Brockway, Merrill. Producer
4. Brockway, Merrill. Director
5. Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe.
6. CBS Television Network.
7. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4523