Ladygourd Sangoma

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Title
Ladygourd Sangoma
Names
Best, Ahmondylla (Performer)
Best, Ahmondylla (Composer)
Best, Ahmondylla (Arranger)
Giraud, Tiyé (Performer)
Giraud, Tiyé (Choreographer)
Giraud, Tiyé (Composer)
Giraud, Tiyé (Arranger)
Patrick, Pamela (Performer)
Patrick, Pamela (Arranger)
Hall-Smith, Pat (Choreographer)
Hall-Smith, Pat (Performer)
Dawson, Lori A (Lighting designer)
Ladygourd Sangoma (Dance company) (Performer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1988
Table of Contents
Burundi drumming (approx. 8 min.). Choreography: Giraud. Music: Arranged by the group; drum adaptation researched and arranged by Best; song concept by Patrick. Perf. by the group; dance solo perf. by Hall-Smith. -- Impressions of Burkina Faso (approx. 5 min.). Music/performance: Best. -- Ke Cosatu (Congress of South Africa Trade Unions) (approx. 3 min.). Choreography: 1) Sorority by Azikiwatu's sorority; 2) South African gum boot dance. Music: arranged by Best. Perf. by the group. -- HindeHu flutes (approx. 5 min.). Music/performance: group collaboration; humming bees researched by Patrick. -- Vocal gourd (approx. 4 min.). Music/performance: group collaboration. -- Work songs (Angola/Zaire and southern United States) (approx. 10 min.). Music: arranged by Giraud. Perf. by the group. -- Berimbao (approx. 5 min.). Music/performance: Giraud. -- Og un ya (Brazilian folk song) (approx. 5 min.). Choreography: Hall-Smith. Music: arranged by Giraud; drum and flute arranged by Patrick. -- Shekere finale (approx. 12 min.). Music/performance: group collaboration.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2643
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Gum boot dance (Dance)
Music -- Africa
Music -- Brazil
Drum dances
Dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Program title: Wave crossings.
Performers: Performed by Ladygourd Sangoma: Ahmondylla Best, Tiye Giraud, Pam Patrick, and special guest artist Pat Hall-Smith.
Venue: Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on October 31, 1988. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop's Economy Tires Music Hall/New Song series.
Funding: This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Instrumental and vocal works, many including choreographed movement.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12174898
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3de072f0-6f29-0131-4f17-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ladygourd Sangoma" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40b4cfb0-6f29-0131-99d2-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ladygourd Sangoma" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40b4cfb0-6f29-0131-99d2-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). Ladygourd Sangoma Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40b4cfb0-6f29-0131-99d2-3c075448cc4b

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Ladygourd Sangoma