Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
2. Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
3. BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
4. Djoulé Africans (Dance Company)
5. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
6. Character Generators/Video.
7. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (64 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Informal performance of African and African-American dances, which are orally introduced by Chuck Davis and others. Most of the dancers are children or teenagers, many of them members of the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble. The musicians include members of Djoulé African. Among the numbers are: African-American step dancing ; Fanga, a dance of welcome from Liberia ; the royal dance of the warriors of the Watusi [Tutsi] people ; dances from the Congo and the old Mali empire. The performance concludes with impromptu dancing (solos and groups) by a succession of audience members and Chuck Davis.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Subject

1. Drummers (Musicians)
2. Dance, Black > United States
3. African-American fraternity step dancing
4. Open air performances > United States
5. War dance
6. Dance
7. Dancers, Teen-age
8. Video
9. Child dancers
10. Tutsi (African people) > Dances

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4569

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Performer (note)

1. [Master of ceremonies]: Chuck Davis.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance on the street outside Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 4, 2000 ; videography, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.

Title

1. DanceAfrica 2000, post-performance street celebration [videorecording] / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic direction by Chuck Davis.

Imprint

1. c2000.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance on the street outside Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 4, 2000 ; videography, Character Generators Inc. ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.

Performer

1. [Master of ceremonies]: Chuck Davis.

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Local subject

1. African-American fraternity step dancing.

Local subject

1. Dancers, Teen-age.
2. War dance.
3. Tutsi (African people) -- Dances.
4. Open air performances -- United States.

Added author

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
2. Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.
3. Davis, Chuck, 1937- dancer.
4. Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
5. BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
6. Djoulé Africans (Dance Company)
7. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
8. Character Generators/Video.
9. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4569