Odadaa! drumming and dances of Ghana

Title
  1. Odadaa! [videorecording] : drumming and dances of Ghana / presented by World Music Institute ; direction, choreography, musical arrangements and compositions by Yacub Addy.
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  1. c1997.

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Additional authors
  1. Addy, Yacub
  2. Thompson, Otey.
  3. Holub, Johannes.
  4. Holub, Jenny.
  5. Ward, Penny
  6. Odadaa! (Dance company)
  7. Detour Productions.
  8. World Music Institute.
  9. Symphony Space (New York, N.Y.)
  10. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
  11. DHCA.
Description
  1. 3 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (131 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Program of music and dance from Ghana, concluding with a song and dance with audience participation and the introduction of company members by director Yacub Addy.
Subject
  1. Ewe (African people) > Dances
  2. Video
  3. Lobi dance
  4. Gã dance
  5. Ewe (African people) > Music
  6. Gã (African people) > Music
  7. Black films and programs
  8. Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Ghana
  9. Music > Ghana
  10. Lobi (African people) > Music
  11. Drummers (Musicians)
  12. Dance > Ghana
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Music.
  3. Video.
  4. Black films and programs.
Contents
  1. Cassette 1 (ca. 60 min.). Tokei / dance of young Ga-Adangme women -- Drum invocation / performed by Yacub Addy -- Ga Akom and Otu / medicine rhythms of the Ga people -- Gome / drumming and singing -- Bawa / harvest dance of the Lobi people.
  2. Cassette 2 (ca. 52 min.). Gota / social rhythm and dance of the Ewe people -- Kale kale (music) [listed on frame but not on printed program] / vocal and instrumental music -- Ta ta tei / song inspired by a Ga chant for infants -- Mamuye / song, literally "tastes so good" -- Kpanlogo / social rhythm and dance of the Ga people ; tells the story of a suitor who must charm a woman into revealing her name.
  3. Cassette 3 (ca. 19 min.). Oge / social Ga rhythm.
Call number
  1. *MGZIC 9-5427
Note
  1. Accompanied by house program.
  2. Recording made possible by the cooperation of the World Music Institute, Odadaa!, Symphony Space, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Credits (note)
  1. Production management, Detour Productions ; manager, Amina Addy ; costumes, Yacub Addy and Otey Thompson.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in performance at Symphony Space, New York, on February 21, 1997 ; video director, Johannes Holub ; cameras, Jenny Holub and Penny Ward.
Funding (note)
  1. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Title
  1. Odadaa! [videorecording] : drumming and dances of Ghana / presented by World Music Institute ; direction, choreography, musical arrangements and compositions by Yacub Addy.
Imprint
  1. c1997.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Performer
  1. Performed by Odadaa!: Tettey Addy, Okpoti Odamtten, Ameley Mankattaa, Ako Anum, Imani Amassah Kotey, Yeeye Annoh, Akweley Aryeetey, Berekisu Jesua Quao, Yao Kuwornu, George Boye Nunoo.
Credits
  1. Production management, Detour Productions ; manager, Amina Addy ; costumes, Yacub Addy and Otey Thompson.
Event
  1. Videotaped in performance at Symphony Space, New York, on February 21, 1997 ; video director, Johannes Holub ; cameras, Jenny Holub and Penny Ward.
Funding
  1. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Local subject
  1. Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Ghana.
Added author
  1. Addy, Yacub, choreographer. Performer. Arranger. Costume designer
  2. Thompson, Otey. Costume designer
  3. Holub, Johannes. Videographer
  4. Holub, Jenny. Videographer
  5. Ward, Penny, videographer.
  6. Odadaa! (Dance company)
  7. Detour Productions.
  8. World Music Institute.
  9. Symphony Space (New York, N.Y.)
  10. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
  11. DHCA.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIC 9-5427
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