Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Sano, Kemoko.
2. Bangoura, Hamidou.
3. Camara, Lamine.
4. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (58 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

1. Documentation of part of a three-week trip to the interior of Guinea, made by Kemoko Sano and Hamidou Bagoura, respectively choreographer and technical director of Les Ballets Africains of the Republic of Guinea, in search of promising musicians and dancers who might be recruited for the company, and source material for new works. At each site they visited, they were received by local authorities, and watched local troupes. They are often glimpsed observing, recording, and occasionally taking part in the performances.

Subject

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

Genre/Form

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

Contents

1. Performance by a men's drumming ensemble. Men and a woman take turns dancing -- Performance by a men's ensemble playing wind instruments and drums. Dancing by women and men of the village -- Performance by a women's ensemble playing gourd rattles in nets, with dancing by two women and a man -- Performance by a men's ensemble playing various types of drums. Women and men take turns dancing -- More footage of the women's ensemble with gourd rattles -- Performance by a men's ensemble playing various types of drums. Kemoko Sano and another man dance in turn -- Indoor performance at a cultural center. The performers, all men, include musicians, a dancer, and a singer-dancer; Kemoko Sano also plays the drum with the group.

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-5069

Note

1. Title from information provided by Louise Bedichek.
2. Location, date, and time codes at lower left of frame.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped on location in the prefecture of Macenta, Guinea, on January 13-14, 1991 by Lamine Camara, a cameraman from Radio-Television of Guinea (RTG).

Title

1. Dance of Guinea. Préfecture de Macenta [electronic resource]

Imprint

1. 1991.

Country of producing entity

1. Guinea.

Event

1. Videotaped on location in the prefecture of Macenta, Guinea, on January 13-14, 1991 by Lamine Camara, a cameraman from Radio-Television of Guinea (RTG).

Access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Sano, Kemoko. dpc, dancer.
2. Bangoura, Hamidou. Depicted
3. Camara, Lamine. Videographer
4. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-5069