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Dance: Africa

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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General Dance Video Archive

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Dance: Africa

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Title
Dance: Africa
Names
Ghana Dance Ensemble (Dancer)
National Ensemble of Mali (Dancer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1971
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6404
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 7-92 (former)
Topics
Dance -- Ghana
Dance -- Mali
Genres
Television programs
Filmed dance
Notes
Venue: Telecast on January 18, 1971 by WNET/13, New York. Filmed in 1968 during the first North American tours of the African Dance Company of Ghana and the Ensemble National du Mali.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (60 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Description
The Ghana Dance Ensemble perform various tribal dances including Akan ceremonial dance suite, Kundum harvest festival dance, and Anlo war dance (Agbekor) The National Ensemble of Mali performs mask dances of the Bambara and Dogon tribes, a possession dance, a lion dance, and other tribal dances.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY877001037-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12163950
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 31805370-7dc1-0134-dc36-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1971: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance: Africa" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1971. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/520e9be0-ef9b-0133-4805-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance: Africa" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/520e9be0-ef9b-0133-4805-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1971). Dance: Africa Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/520e9be0-ef9b-0133-4805-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Dance: Africa