- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (47 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Documentary about the Ghanaian dance company Odadaa!, which is seen rehearsing and performing in the U.S. and at the company members' communal home in Washington, D.C. Artistic director Yacub Addy discusses African and American dance and music; company members talk about their performing backgrounds and experiences. Among the dances performed are the bamaya of the Dagomba tribe of northern Ghana, the gome of the Ga migrant workers, and the adiko (fisherman's dance).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Ethnographic films – Ghana.
- Note
- Motion picture produced by Barry Dornfeld. Directors: Barry Dornfeld and Tom Rankin. Camera: Tom Rankin. Translations: Yacub Addy, Solomon Adom. Distributed as a videotape by Indiana University Audio-Visual Center, Bloomington, Indiana.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 6933
- OCLC
- Title
Dance like a river [electronic resource] : Odadaa! Drumming and dancing in the U.S.
- Imprint
c1985.
- Original Version
Archival Original: 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-1885.
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- Local Subject
Dagbani (African people) -- Dances.
Motion pictures. Dance like a river: Odadaa! Drumming and dancing in the U.S.
- Added Author
Addy, Yacub. Commentator
Dornfeld, Barry. Producer. Director
Rankin, Tom. Director. Cinematographer
Odadaa! (Dance company)
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 6933