Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
2. Kouyate, Djimo.
3. Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
4. Charles Moore Dance Theatre.
5. Calabash Dance Company.
6. African-American Dance Ensemble.
7. Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
8. Bernice Johnson Company.
9. Kan Koran West African Dance Company.
10. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
11. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

1. 3 videodiscs (NTSC) (145 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. Honoring of the elders
2. DanceAfrica, the honoring of the elders

Subject

1. Dance
2. Tutsi (African people) > Dances
3. Television > DanceAfrica
4. Dance > Senegal
5. Dance, Black > United States
6. Video
7. Dance > Gambia

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (58 min.): Welcome by Chuck Davis -- Libation and opening ceremonies -- Charles Moore Dance Company -- Calabash Dance Theater.
2. Disc 2 (60 min.): African-American Dance Ensemble -- Women of the Calabash -- Kan Koran West African Dance Company.
3. Disc 3 (27 min.): Continuation of performance by Kan Koran -- Closing ceremonies: Dance tribute and presentation of scrolls to representatives of various African and African-American dance companies by the Bernice Johnson Company.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-632

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

1. Artistic director, Chuck Davis; lighting, Mitchell Bogard; Griot [narrator], Djimo Kouyate.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 3, 1987.

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 : the honoring of the elders [videorecording].

Imprint

1. 1987.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. Artistic director, Chuck Davis; lighting, Mitchell Bogard; Griot [narrator], Djimo Kouyate.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 3, 1987.

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 9-1430.

Local subject

1. Television. DanceAfrica.
2. Tutsi (African people) -- Dances.

Added author

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
2. Davis, Chuck, 1937- speaker.
3. Kouyate, Djimo. Narrator
4. Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
5. Charles Moore Dance Theatre.
6. Calabash Dance Company.
7. African-American Dance Ensemble.
8. Women of the Calabash (Musical group)
9. Bernice Johnson Company.
10. Kan Koran West African Dance Company.
11. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
12. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Note

1. Former title: DanceAfrica, the honoring of the elders

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-632