Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Sano, Kemoko
2. Zambo, Italo.
3. Bangoura, Hamidou.
4. Speechley, Tim.
5. Gibson, Garry.
6. Christofis, Janelle.
7. Ballets Africains.
8. Queensland Performing Arts Trust.
9. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (128 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Dance-drama in two acts and six scenes, combining instrumental and vocal music, dance, and dramatic action. Set in the 12th century, the work depicts the legend of Bala Fassake Kouyate, a griot in the court of Niani, ruler of the Mandingo Empire. In the first act, he escorts Princess Nana Triban to the kingdom of the Sosso, where he encounters the sorcerous powers of her fiancé, Soumaoro Kante. He then journeys to a village where the great families of the region perform their totem dances, costumed and masked as their tutelary animals. He helps a gifted young drummer gain instruction from master musicians in the sacred forest. The second act presents dances of the different peoples of the Mandingo Empire, which incorporates Senegal, Mali, the Ivory Coast, and Guinea.

Uniform title

1. Heritage (Choreographic work : Sano)

Alternative title

1. Heritage.

Subject

1. Dance > Guinea
2. Dance > Senegal
3. Dance > Mali
4. Dance > Côte d'Ivoire
5. Music > Guinea
6. Drummers (Musicians)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Music.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-2351

Note

1. Accompanied by house program for performance at City Center, New York, on April 12-13, 1996 [slightly different cast].
2. Title on original container, wrapper and house program: Heritage.

Credits (note)

1. Technical direction, Hamidou Bangoura ; scenery and costumes, Italo Zambo ; lighting, Tim Speechley.

Event (note)

1. Recorded in performance at the Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Complex, Brisbane, Australia, in February 1996.

Title

1. African heritage [videorecording] / [presented by] Les Ballets Africains ; produced by Queensland Performing Arts Trust ; video director, Garry Gibson ; producer, Janelle Christofis ; artistic director, Italo Zambo ; choreography by Mohamed Kemoko Sano.

Imprint

1. Doundoumba Records, c1996.

Country of producing entity

1. Australia.

Event

1. Recorded in performance at the Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Complex, Brisbane, Australia, in February 1996.

Credits

1. Technical direction, Hamidou Bangoura ; scenery and costumes, Italo Zambo ; lighting, Tim Speechley.

Performer

1. Performed by Les Ballets Africains, the National Dance Company of the Republic of Guinea. Female dancers/singers: Manana Cisse, Diely Kanni Diawara, Naitou Camara, Marie Bangoura, Macire Souare, Maimouna Diawara, M'mah Toure, Hawa Conde, Mouminatou Camara, Marie Petou Camara, Mariama Toure, Fadima Traore, Aïssatou Sylla, Mariama Camara. Male dancers/singers: Bangaly Bangoura, Yamoussa Soumah, Moustapha Bangoura, Amadou Dioulde Diallo, Mamadouba Soumah, Hamidou Koivagui, Sekou Sylla, Aboubacar Bangoura, Karim Keita, Sekou II Conde. Musicians: Gbanworo Keita, Laurent Camara, Seny Toure, Mohamed Sylla, Younoussa Camara, Mamadi Mansare, Koca Sale Dioubate, Fode Kalissa, Mohamed Lamine Sylla, Keba Cissoko.

Local subject

1. Animal dances.
2. Mask dances.

Added author

1. Sano, Kemoko, choreographer.
2. Zambo, Italo. Designer. Costume designer
3. Bangoura, Hamidou. Production personnel
4. Speechley, Tim. Lighting designer
5. Gibson, Garry. Director
6. Christofis, Janelle. Producer
7. Ballets Africains.
8. Queensland Performing Arts Trust.
9. DHCA.

Added title

1. Heritage (Choreographic work : Sano)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-2351