Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Gere, David.
2. Ladzekpo, C. K.
3. Denianke, Akili
4. Daniel, Yvonne, 1940-
5. Kai, Val
6. Ladzekpo, Betty
7. Jefferson, Alice
8. Willis, Rose
9. Carter, Leslie
10. Ratliff, Mpho
11. Penn, Calvin
12. Titus, Victor
13. Ladzekpo, Seth Kobla.
14. Yeager, Theron.
15. Hamm, Margie.
16. Webb, Ellen.
17. Ishangi, Kwame
18. Diouf, Zak
19. Talking Dance Project.
20. Ladzekpo Brothers African Music and Dance Ensemble.
21. Ladzekpo Brothers.
22. Harambee Dance Ensemble.
23. Ellen Webb Dance Foundation.
24. Bay Area Dance Series.

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (116 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Program of discussions and performances of African dancing and drumming.

Subject

1. Dance, Black > California
2. Drummers (Musicians)
3. Music > Africa
4. Television > African dance drumming
5. Ghana
6. Dance > Ghana

Contents

1. Cassette 1 (approx. 62 min.): Opening speech by David Gere. -- A brief history of African dance-drumming in the Bay area, by Karen Ransom. Overview of dance-drumming in San Francisco and Oakland, from the 1930s to the present. -- Excerpt from Kpanlogo, the Ghanaian urban youth dance suite, perf. by the Ladzekpo Brothers African Music and Dance Ensemble. Dancers: Val Kai and Betty Ladzekpo. Drummers: Kobla Ladzekpo, C. K. Ladzekpo, Kwaku Ladzekpo, Agbi Ladzekpo, Moddy Perry, Gilbert Owusu, Joni Haastrup, Jordan Simmons, Seth Tager, and Shanon Dudley. Dance of the Ga people of Ghana. -- Excerpt from Nosongwa - the merging of things, perf. by Harambee Dance Ensemble. Choreography: Akili Denianke, Baba [Kwame] Ishangi, and Zak Diouf. Dancers: Alice Jefferson, Rose Willis, Leslie Carter, Mpho Ratliff, Calvin Penn, and Victor Titus. Musicians: Nimley Napla, Melvin Thomas, Ralph Eaglefeather, and Hugh Humphrey. -- Discussion with Aniki Denianke and C. K. Ladzekpo, moderated by Yvonne Daniel. Topics discussed include artistic goals, tradition and change, tradition and creativity, separatism versus inclusion of other races in teaching and performing African-American dancing and drumming, and the challenge of presenting traditional material to diverse audiences without loss of integrity. -- Cassette 2 (approx. 54 min.): Continuation of discussion.

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4191

Note

1. Videotaped at Laney College Theatre, Oakland, California, on September 30, 1991. Video director: Theron Yeager. Presented by the Ellen Webb Dance Foundation as part of the Talking Dance Project (co-directors: Ellen Webb and David Gere). Co-sponsored by the Bay Area Dance Series and Mandeleo Institute.
2. Lighting: Margie Hamm.

Title

1. African dance drumming [videorecording] : aspects of the contemporary.

Imprint

1. 1991.

Local subject

1. Television. African dance drumming.

Added author

1. Gere, David. Director. Speaker
2. Ladzekpo, C. K. Instrumentalist. Commentator
3. Denianke, Akili, choreographer. Commentator
4. Daniel, Yvonne, 1940- Moderator
5. Kai, Val, dancer.
6. Ladzekpo, Betty, dancer.
7. Jefferson, Alice, dancer.
8. Willis, Rose, dancer.
9. Carter, Leslie, dancer.
10. Ratliff, Mpho, dancer.
11. Penn, Calvin, dancer.
12. Titus, Victor, dancer.
13. Ladzekpo, Seth Kobla. Musician
14. Yeager, Theron. Director
15. Hamm, Margie. Lighting designer
16. Webb, Ellen. Director
17. Ishangi, Kwame, choreographer.
18. Diouf, Zak, choreographer.
19. Talking Dance Project.
20. Ladzekpo Brothers African Music and Dance Ensemble.
21. Ladzekpo Brothers.
22. Harambee Dance Ensemble.
23. Ellen Webb Dance Foundation.
24. Bay Area Dance Series.

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4191