Cassette 1 (ca. 69 min.). Memorial / choreography, Chuck Davis, assisted by Patricia Dye ; music, Sweet Honey in the Rock ("Echo") ; danced by the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble, P.A.K.A. (Passing Ancestral Knowledge Along) Dance Company, and candlebearers.
Welcoming / by Chuck Davis.
Terrestrial wombs / choreography, music direction, set, environmental set, Abdel R. Salaam ; costumes, Helen Simmons, Abdel R. Salaam ; danced by Forces of Nature: Dina Lynn Wright (Eah Mun [moon, seawaters/the great mother]) and other dancers (NuNuNyuKju [children of the great waters]) ; musicians, Randall Alston, Kojo Ayine Johnson, Ade Love, Kwesi Nkroma, Abdel R. Salaam, Abu Shabazz.
Cultural connections / winning poetry of BSRC's [Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation] Poetry Slam Contest.
Revival / artistic direction, Obara Wali Ahmed Rahman-Ndiaye, Andara Koumba Rahman-Ndiaye ; performed by Sabar Ak Ru Afriq Dance Theatre (SARA) with the Jahrama Ndiaye Ensemble ; cast: El Dar Rahman-Ndiaye (the drumming griot) ; [Andara?] Koumba Rahman-Ndiaye (the healer woman) ; Aissatou Bey-Grecia (the spirit mother) ; Jamila Williams (the daughter) ; and others, including child dancers.
Cassette 2 (ca. 82 min.). Cultural connections II / winning poetry from BSRC's Poetry Slam Contest.
Rhythm legacy: the living books ; Book IV, Club legacy and beyond / artistic direction, choreography, set, Abdel R. Salaam ; DJ explorations, Kojo Ayine Johnson ; costumes, Olabamidele A. Husbands, Abdel R. Salaam, William Fleet, Jr. ; lighting, Eun Chi Oh ; performed by Forces of Nature: Randall Alston, Shawn Banks, Kojo Ayine Johnson, Kwabena Johnson, Kwesi Nkroma, Abdel R. Salaam, Abu Shabazz, Jerome Williams, Osé Adabbio William. Includes break dancing.
Bai ndiaye / choreography, Andara Koumba Rahman-Ndiaye, Obara Wali Ahmed Rahman-Ndiaye ; choreo-staging and musical development, Obara Wali Ahmed Rahman-Ndiaye ; [music] arranged and conducted by Obara Wali Ahmed Rahman-Ndiaye ; costuming, Koumba Rahman Ndiaye, Donna Yacine Ashe, Wali Rahman Ndiaye, the Company ; dancers, Aissatou Makeda Diop, Donna Yacine Ashe, lee marieme priestly ; drummers, Andara Koumba Rahman-Ndiaye, Ayele' Nkromah Bandele', Marcia Ethel Heard Ph.D., Jerry McCoy, Michael Charles Heard Mbaye. Salute to Maam Wali Ndiaye, the great spirit of drumming.
If life is music then let me dance / artistic direction and choreography, Stephen Rwangyezi ; danced by the Ndere Troupe: Marcheal Adyiku, Betty Akidi, Joyce Alinga, Peter Kabodha, Pedson Kasume, Ronald Kibirige, Douglas Kosoro, Sarah Naggayi, Christine Nakawungu, Aminah Namakula, Irene Namatovu, Catherine Namisango, Sam Okello, Stephen Rwangyezi, Emmanuel Shema ; with the dancers and drummers of the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble. Includes Agwara (processional), Ding-ding (dance of young girls, from the Acholl in northern Uganda), musical interlude, Runyege-ntogoro (men's dance).
Grand finale / introduction of performing groups and their leaders by Chuck Davis ; followed by a tribute to dance historian Joe Nash (seated onstage), including a tap dance by four boys, the Ntore or dance of the royal Watusi (man's solo with spear and shield), a dance duet, and the presentation of a plaque to Mr. Nash.
Call number
*MGZIA 4-5928
Note
Accompanied by house program.
Access (note)
Permission required.
Credits (note)
Lighting, William H. Grant, III ; stage manager, N'Goma Woolbright ; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright ; production stage manager, Jennifer Moody.
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 27, 2001 ; video documentation, Character Generators Inc. ; camera, Mark Robison.
Title
DanceAfrica 2001 [videorecording] : rhythms from the circle of life / presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic director, Chuck Davis.
Imprint
c2001.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 27, 2001 ; video documentation, Character Generators Inc. ; camera, Mark Robison.
Credits
Lighting, William H. Grant, III ; stage manager, N'Goma Woolbright ; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright ; production stage manager, Jennifer Moody.
Restricted access
Permission required.
Added author
Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
Davis, Chuck, 1937- choreographer.
Davis, Chuck, 1937- speaker.
Wright, Dina, dancer.
Rahman, Andara, choreographer, dancer. Musician
Bey-Grecia, Aissatou, dancer.
Williams, Jamila, dancer.
Nash, Joe, 1919-2005.
Grant, William H., III.
Woolbright, Ngoma.
Gibson-Woolbright, Normadien.
Salaam, Abdel R., choreographer. Musician. Designer. Costume designer