Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hall, Arthur
2. Roberts, Elizabeth.
3. Reddy, Curtis.
4. Jarman, Gregory.
5. Caulker-Bronson, Ferne
6. Thompson, Lee
7. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
8. Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble.
9. Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
10. Ko-Thi Dance Company.
11. Bernice Johnson Company.
12. International Afrikan-American Ballet.
13. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (124 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. DanceAfrica '85

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (62 min.): Arthur Hall's Afro-American Dance Ensemble, performing: Urhobo Festival / choreographed by Arthur Hall ; music, Gregory Jarman ; costumes, Arthur Hall, Elizabeth Roberts, & Curtis Reddy -- Women of the Calabash performing music from the Bena Luluwa of Angola, Yoruba of Nigeria, Giryama and Kikuyu of Kenya, Shona of Zimbabwe, and the Bantu of South Africa -- Ko-thi Dance Company: Juba (in honor of William Henry Lane) / choreography, Ferne Caulker-Bronson. [Due to technical difficulties, there is no sound in this piece. Tape ends abruptly.]
2. Disc 2 (62 min.): Bernice Johnson Dance Company, performing: Bembe / choreographed & researched by Lee Thompson -- Women of the Calabash -- The International Afrikan-American Ballet.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-689

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at the DanceAfrica Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, May 18, 1985 at 2:00 p.m.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Dance Africa '85 [videorecording].

Imprint

1. 1985.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at the DanceAfrica Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, May 18, 1985 at 2:00 p.m.

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-977.

Local subject

1. Sobo (African people) -- Dances.

Added author

1. Hall, Arthur, choreographer. Costume designer
2. Roberts, Elizabeth. Costume designer
3. Reddy, Curtis. Costume designer
4. Jarman, Gregory. Composer
5. Caulker-Bronson, Ferne, choreographer.
6. Thompson, Lee, choreographer.
7. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
8. Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble.
9. Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
10. Ko-Thi Dance Company.
11. Bernice Johnson Company.
12. International Afrikan-American Ballet.
13. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-689