Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
2. Olatunji, Babatunde.
3. Kouyate, Djimo.
4. Schwartz, Michael.
5. Odadaa! (Dance company)
6. Calabash Dance Company.
7. Sabar ak Ru Afriq (Dance company)
8. Chuck Davis Dance Company.
9. Forces of Nature (Dance company)
10. Kankouran West African Dance Company.
11. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
12. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

1. 3 videodiscs (NTSC) (119 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. Legacy
2. DanceAfrica, the legacy

Subject

1. Dance, Black > United States
2. Dance > Africa, Sub-Saharan
3. Television > DanceAfrica
4. Zulu dance
5. Video
6. Dance > Ghana

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (60 min.): Introduction / by Chuck Davis -- Libation -- The way / performed by Odadaa! International Dance Company -- Zulu war dance / performed by Calabash Dance Company -- The new day / performed by Sabar ak Ru Afriq Dance Company.
2. Disc 2 (51 min.): Continuation of dance by Sabar ak Ru Afriq -- Opening and Yardal dance / performed by Kan Kouran Dance Company -- Zakat (charity) dance / performed by Chuck Davis Dance Company and Forces of Nature Dance Company.
3. Disc 3 (18 min.): Honoring ceremonies and Bantaba [dancing ground] -- Bows and informal dancing by participating companies -- Michael Babatunde Olatunji is presented with a plaque in honor of his contributions to African culture in the U.S.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-602

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

1. Production supervisor, Jeff Anthony; artistic director, Chuck Davis; lighting, Michael Piotrowski.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance by Michael Schwartz at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 10, 1986.

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 [videorecording] : the legacy.

Imprint

1. 1986.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Performer

1. Griot [narrator], Djimo Kouyate; participating companies, Chuck Davis Dance Company, Calabash Dance Company, Forces of Nature, Kan Kouran Dance Company, Odadaa! International Dance Company, Sabar ak Ru Afriq.

Credits

1. Production supervisor, Jeff Anthony; artistic director, Chuck Davis; lighting, Michael Piotrowski.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance by Michael Schwartz at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on May 10, 1986.

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.

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-1196.

Local subject

1. Zulu dance.
2. Television. DanceAfrica.

Added author

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
2. Davis, Chuck, 1937- speaker.
3. Olatunji, Babatunde. Honoree
4. Kouyate, Djimo. Narrator
5. Schwartz, Michael. Videographer
6. Odadaa! (Dance company)
7. Calabash Dance Company.
8. Sabar ak Ru Afriq (Dance company)
9. Chuck Davis Dance Company.
10. Forces of Nature (Dance company)
11. Kankouran West African Dance Company.
12. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
13. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Note

1. Former title: DanceAfrica, the legacy

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-602