Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Mobyem M. K.-Mikanza, 1944-
2. Samoff, Marjorie
3. Kaiserman, Ronald L.
4. Salzman, Eric
5. Nzabididi Ya Bilengo, Dokolo
6. Beyung, Tampise Sura
7. Bilengo, Wazungu
8. Quesenbery, Whitney
9. Mamoa, Mokio Mongili
10. Budibuanga, Kindu
11. Wapub, Bangabanga
12. Siambi, Melo
13. Diamasika, Wahola
14. Buka, Masikila
15. Nsaka, Mansanga
16. Ogbui, Mobindo
17. Nkazi, Kiayinua
18. Kongo, Bonina
19. Bongondo, Nkoku
20. Bilengo, Wazunga
21. Itumbu, Mulanda
22. Ekuna, Mwinza
23. Tshiko, Isako
24. Lofembre, Bola
25. Arts & Spectacles, producer.
26. Mwenzo-Africa Dance Theater Troupe, producer.
27. American Music Theater Festival, producer.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (90 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Alternative title

1. Nohido: an African dance opera

Subject

1. Theatrical productions > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 1981-1990
2. Man-woman relationships > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Drama
3. Marriage customs and rites > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Drama
4. Mwenzo-Africa Dance Theater Troupe
5. Musical theater > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
6. Dance > Congo (Democratic Republic)
7. Man-woman relationships > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Dance.

Call number

1. NCOV 680

Note

1. No credits on tape. Production information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
2. From the New York Times, Oct. 5, 1987: "'Nohido' means 'blood pact' in the Senegalese dialect . . . [The piece begins] with the reconciliation of two rival chiefs. To seal their relationship, they institute the custom of circumcision as a symbol of the blood pact . . . Most of the production concerns events after the rebellious son of a chief breaks off his arranged marriage with the daughter of another chief. The young man is then pursued by evil spirits, but after receiving a magic talisman from a blind seer, his rejected fiancee rescues him, and he returns repentent to beg his father's forgiveness."

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Lighting design by Whitney Quesenbery.

Performer (note)

1. Dancer/singers: Mokio Mongili Mamoa, Kindu Budibuanga, Bangabanga Wapub, Melo Siambi, Wahola Diamasika, Masikila Buka, Mansanga Nsaka, Mobindo Ogbui, Kiayinua Nkazi, Bonina Kongo, Nkoku Bongondo, Wazunga Bilengo, Tampise Sura Beyung.
2. Musician/singers: Mulanda Itumbu, Mwinza Ekuna, Isako Tshiko, Bola Lofembre.
3. Introductory remarks: Eric Salzman, and Mobyem M. K. Mikanza.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Annenberg School Theater, Philadelphia, Penn., September 1987.

Language (note)

1. Introduction delivered in English.

Title

1. Nohido: the blood pact [videorecording] / American Music Theater Festival, Marjorie Samoff, producing director, Ronald L. Kaiserman, president, Eric Saltzman, artistic director, in cooperation with Mwenzo -- Africa, by arrangement with Arts & Spectacles, Mobyem M. K. Mikanza, president, present ; director, Dokolo Nzabididi Ya Bilengo ; choreographers, Tampise Sura Beyung and Wazungu Bilengo.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia, 1987.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Lighting design by Whitney Quesenbery.

Cast

1. Dancer/singers: Mokio Mongili Mamoa, Kindu Budibuanga, Bangabanga Wapub, Melo Siambi, Wahola Diamasika, Masikila Buka, Mansanga Nsaka, Mobindo Ogbui, Kiayinua Nkazi, Bonina Kongo, Nkoku Bongondo, Wazunga Bilengo, Tampise Sura Beyung.
2. Musician/singers: Mulanda Itumbu, Mwinza Ekuna, Isako Tshiko, Bola Lofembre.
3. Introductory remarks: Eric Salzman, and Mobyem M. K. Mikanza.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Annenberg School Theater, Philadelphia, Penn., September 1987.

Language

1. Introduction delivered in English.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Mobyem M. K.-Mikanza, 1944- producer.
2. Mobyem M. K.-Mikanza, 1944- speaker.
3. Samoff, Marjorie, producer.
4. Kaiserman, Ronald L., producer.
5. Salzman, Eric, producer.
6. Salzman, Eric, speaker.
7. Nzabididi Ya Bilengo, Dokolo, director.
8. Beyung, Tampise Sura, choreographer.
9. Bilengo, Wazungu, choreographer.
10. Quesenbery, Whitney, lighting designer.
11. Mamoa, Mokio Mongili, performer.
12. Budibuanga, Kindu, performer.
13. Wapub, Bangabanga, performer.
14. Siambi, Melo, performer.
15. Diamasika, Wahola, performer.
16. Buka, Masikila, performer.
17. Nsaka, Mansanga, performer.
18. Ogbui, Mobindo, performer.
19. Nkazi, Kiayinua, performer.
20. Kongo, Bonina, performer.
21. Bongondo, Nkoku, performer.
22. Bilengo, Wazunga, performer.
23. Beyung, Tampise Sura, performer.
24. Itumbu, Mulanda, musician.
25. Ekuna, Mwinza, musician.
26. Tshiko, Isako, musician.
27. Lofembre, Bola, musician.
28. Arts & Spectacles, producer.
29. American Music Theater Festival, producer.
30. Mwenzo-Africa Dance Theater Troupe, producer.

Research call number

1. NCOV 680