Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Ishangi, Kwame.
2. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
3. Dye, Patricia
4. Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
5. Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
6. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
7. Character Generators/Video.
8. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (49 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Open air performance of African dances following the DanceAfrica 2001 performance in Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House. Many of the dances are performed by the DanceAfrica 2001 Festival Dancers, a group of children and teenagers directed by Patricia Dye (who introduces some of the dances) and sponsored by the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. Baba Kwame Ishangi, representing the DanceAfrica Council of Elders, makes a closing speech and leads the audience in blessing the world's children.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Subject

1. Child dancers
2. Drummers (Musicians)
3. Dance, Black > United States
4. Dance, Black > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5929

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Performer (note)

1. [Master of ceremonies:] Chuck Davis.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance on Lafayette Avenue, outside the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 27, 2001 ; video documentation, Character Generators Inc. ; camera, Mark Robison.

Title

1. DanceAfrica 2001, post-performance street celebration [videorecording] / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic director, Chuck Davis.

Imprint

1. c2001.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance on Lafayette Avenue, outside the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 27, 2001 ; video documentation, Character Generators Inc. ; camera, Mark Robison.

Performer

1. [Master of ceremonies:] Chuck Davis.

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Local subject

1. Open air performances -- New York (State) -- New York.

Local subject

1. Dancers, Teen-age.

Added author

1. Ishangi, Kwame. Speaker
2. Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.
3. Dye, Patricia, director.
4. Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
5. Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
6. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
7. Character Generators/Video.
8. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5929