Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Camara, Ladji, 1923-
2. Palmer, Robert.
3. Cherry, James.
4. Donaldson, Kehinde.
5. Brannon-Bey, Vernon.
6. Hylton, Kevin Nathaniel
7. Webb, Carolyn (Carolyn Jeannette)
8. Ward, Penny
9. Ballets Africains de Papa Ladji Camara.
10. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
11. DHCA.

Description

1. 3 streaming video files (NTSC) (123 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

1. Studio performance of dance and music from Guinea, including audience participation in dances, a song taught to the audience by Papa Ladji Camara, and several impromptu speeches by Papa Ladji, a native of Guinea who now lives in the United States.

Subject

1. Music > Guinea
2. Drummers (Musicians)
3. Video
4. Dance, Black > United States
5. Black films and programs
6. Dance > Guinea

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Black films and programs.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Reel 1 (ca. 55 min.). Papa Ladji's drum solo -- L'appel des tam-tam -- Djiba -- Lamban, dance of circumcision.
2. Reel 2 (ca. 53 min.). Doku -- Song taught to audience -- Dance: Sarokarifa.
3. Reel 3 (ca. 15 min.). Speech by Papa Ladji.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 2332

Note

1. Recording made possible by the cooperation of Les Ballets Africains de Papa Ladji Camara and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Performer (note)

1. Performed by Les Ballets Africains de Papa Ladji Camara: drummers and singers, Papa Ladji Camara, Robert Palmer, James Cherry, Kehinde Donaldson, Vernon Brannon-Bey, Kevin Nathaniel Hylton, and Carolyn Webb ; dancers, Papa Ladji Camara, Hylton and Webb. Audience members appearing in impromptu dancing include Fanyuma M. Camara, Audrey Livingstone, Rochel Ann Herbert, and others.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at Fareta Studios, New York, on October 14, 1994, by Penny Ward.

Funding (note)

1. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Title

1. Les Ballets Africains de Papa Ladji Camara [electronic resource]

Imprint

1. c1994.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Performed by Les Ballets Africains de Papa Ladji Camara: drummers and singers, Papa Ladji Camara, Robert Palmer, James Cherry, Kehinde Donaldson, Vernon Brannon-Bey, Kevin Nathaniel Hylton, and Carolyn Webb ; dancers, Papa Ladji Camara, Hylton and Webb. Audience members appearing in impromptu dancing include Fanyuma M. Camara, Audrey Livingstone, Rochel Ann Herbert, and others.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at Fareta Studios, New York, on October 14, 1994, by Penny Ward.

Funding

1. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4655.
2. Additional Copy: None.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Camara, Ladji, 1923- Speaker. mus, dancer.
2. Palmer, Robert. Musician
3. Cherry, James. Musician
4. Donaldson, Kehinde. Musician
5. Brannon-Bey, Vernon. Musician
6. Hylton, Kevin Nathaniel, dancer. Musician
7. Webb, Carolyn (Carolyn Jeannette), dancer.
8. Webb, Carolyn (Carolyn Jeannette), musician.
9. Ward, Penny, videographer.
10. Ballets Africains de Papa Ladji Camara.
11. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
12. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 2332
2. *MGZIC 9-4655 (former)