Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937-
2. Tetteh, Nii Tetteh.
3. Grant, William H., III
4. Woolbright, Ngoma.
5. Gibson-Woolbright, Normadien.
6. Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
7. Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble.
8. Ezibu Muntu African Dance Company.
9. Kusun Ensemble.
10. BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
11. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
12. Character Generators/Video.
13. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (146 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Performance of African music and dance. Stilt dancer Shaka Zulu performs throughout the program. A list of the DanceAfrica 2004 Council of Elders appears at the end of Disc 2.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Subject

1. Video
2. Dance
3. Dance, Black > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (ca. 78 min.). Processional -- Jalibah / welcome by Chuck Davis -- [Memorial].
2. [Performance by] Nii Tettey Tetteh and the Kusun Ensemble / dancers, Francis "Adjetey" Ostiwuo Adjei, Denis "Amarh" Tokuanin Mansah, Adwoa "Sista" Nyarkoh, Debora Patterson, Rita Taiwiah; musicians, Emmanuel A. Anang, Robert "Obuobi" Ashong, Samuel "Otu" Kodjo, Adotey Richter, Nii Tettey Tetteh, Glover Nelson Yao [i.e. Nelson Glover Yao?]; administrators, Adotei Bruice, Melody S. Cochran, Gabriel Odolai Quaye. Performance includes: Tigale -- Bawa -- Fume fume -- Nbende. Nii Tettey Tetteh, the leader and founder of the group, is a musician, educator, and composer from southern Ghana. With the group he has developed a new style of music called Nokoko.
3. [Performance by] Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble / dancers and musicians, Dennis Bailey, Joseph Barnes, Daaimah Taalib-Din, Jean-Marie Faye, Toyia Ford, Aisha Hawkins, Kim Holmes, Ajamu Kedar, Taliba Khabir, Adewole Love, Noelani Love, Billy Greene Foluso Mimy, Kamu Mimy, Hanan Hameem Luke Quaranta, Denica Abdur-Razaaq, Joy Richardson, Rasheda Walford, Aziza Zaid; music director, Adewole Love; artistic director, Noelani Love. Performance includes: Music of African descent (excerpt) -- Torch of hope (excerpt) -- A moment in time -- The unbroken spirit.
4. Disc 2 (ca. 68 min.). Tribute to Hajja Mama Rahkiah Abdurahman / includes proclamations from the City of New York Office of the Mayor, Councilman Charles Baron, and the Lions Club of New York City; as well as a dance in a specially created costume by stilt dancer Shaka Zulu; the dance Sweets for Mama Rahkiah, choreographed by Karen Thornton-Daniels and performed by child dancers of the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble; and a speech by Mama Rahkiah.
5. Atsiagbekor / performed by the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble and the Kusun Ensemble.
6. [Performance by] Ezibu Muntu African Dance Company / dancers, Yolanda Branch, Bianca Clark, Tanya Davis, Shebony Forbes, Bernell Holmes, Renee Knight, Tammy McCain, Jarrell Morris, Babadunjo Olagunke, Zena Perthone, LaShaunda Spain, Mayah Walker-Taylor, Faye Walker, Wendy Warren; musicians, Roderick Davis, Paul Harris, Jabari Jefferson, Zakiyah Jefferson, Abdou Mohammed, Ernest Shaw Jr.; founder, Tanya Dennis; artistic directors, Faye Walker, Babadunjo Olagunke. Performance includes: Econne-conne -- Lengen.
7. Finale.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-101

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

1. Lighting, William H. Grant III ; stage manager, N'Goma Woolbright ; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright ; production stage manager, Michael Stewart.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 30, 2004; video documentation, Character Generators Inc.; camera, Mark Robison.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. DanceAfrica 2004 [videorecording] : a dancer's path: ancient traditions, modern trends / Brooklyn Academy of Music ; artistic director, Chuck Davis.

Imprint

1. c2004.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. DVD.

Credits

1. Lighting, William H. Grant III ; stage manager, N'Goma Woolbright ; assistant stage manager, Normadien Woolbright ; production stage manager, Michael Stewart.

Performer

1. Performers: Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble (New York City), Ezibu Muntu African Dance Company (Virginia), Nii Tettey Tetteh and the Kusun Ensemble (Ghana), Shaka Zulu (Louisiana), BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
2. [Master of ceremonies:] Chuck Davis.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 30, 2004; video documentation, Character Generators Inc.; camera, Mark Robison.

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Added author

1. Davis, Chuck, 1937- director.
2. Davis, Chuck, 1937- host.
3. Tetteh, Nii Tetteh. Musician
4. Grant, William H., III, lighting designer.
5. Woolbright, Ngoma. Production personnel
6. Gibson-Woolbright, Normadien. Production personnel
7. Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
8. Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble.
9. Ezibu Muntu African Dance Company.
10. Kusun Ensemble.
11. BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble.
12. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
13. Character Generators/Video.
14. DanceAfrica (Festival)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-101