Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Dinizulu, Gus, 1930-1991.
2. Nash, Joe, 1919-2005.
3. Opoku, Albert A.
4. Szwed, John F., 1936-
5. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
6. State University of New York.
7. Dance Black America (Festival)

Description

1. 1 sound disc (ca. 61 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Symposium. Dance as Liberation, Protest, Celebration and Affirmation. Nana Dinizulu, Joe Nash, Albert Opoku, and John Szwed. 4/21/83. [Recording begins mid-sentence.] Nash (ca. 5 min.) introduces the speakers. Dinizulu (ca. 12 min.) speaks about African dance using examples from Ghana; Szwed (ca. 13 minutes) speaks about African American street festivals and parades in North America and the Caribbean; Opoku (ca. 24 min.) speaks about dance in Africa using examples mainly from ethnic groups in Ghana including the Ashanti; question and answer session (ca. 5 min.; ends abruptly).

Donor/Sponsor

1. New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
2. Gift of Patricia Kerr-Ross.
3. Oral History Archive.

Subject

1. Dance > Africa
2. Dance > Ghana
3. Ashanti (African people)
4. Parades > Caribbean Area
5. Parades > North America
6. Dance > Religious aspects > Africa
7. Dance > Social aspects > Africa
8. Dance, Black

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-1195

Note

1. For the souvenir booklet produced in connection with the Dance Black America festival, see *MGS (U.S.) 84-4253. The booklet includes the festival program, articles by festival panelists, a bibliography, and a filmography. For a videorecording made of performances at the festival, see *MGZIA 4-280.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Title

1. Dance Black America, April 21-24, 1983 [part 2, April 21] [sound recording] / presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and State University of New York.

Imprint

1. 1983.

Funding

1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Local note

1. Original: *MGZTCO 3-1195 no. 2.
2. Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1195 no. 2.
3. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1195 no. 2.
4. Sound quality: The cassettes from which the Dance Black America festival were preserved contain gaps, abrupt starts and stops, unrelated material, and material that is out of sequence. In addition, the audibility, especially of questions taken from the audience, is often poor.

Added author

1. Dinizulu, Gus, 1930-1991.
2. Nash, Joe, 1919-2005.
3. Opoku, Albert A.
4. Szwed, John F., 1936-
5. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
6. State University of New York.
7. Dance Black America (Festival)

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-1195