- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation.
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (9 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Instrumental and vocal work featuring the kora, a stringed instrument ; no dance content.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Note
- This performance was videotaped by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library with the cooperation of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Badenya Organizing Committee, Mamadou Niang, John Jay College Theater, The City University of New York.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Credits (note)
- Badenya Organizing Committee: chair, Kewulay Kamara, and Sherrif Ceesay, Babou Kassé, Mamadou Niang, Mahamadou Salieu Suso ; Center for Traditional Music and Dance, artistic and executive director, Ethel Raim ; sound, Douglas Rice ; lighting, Violet Lee.
- Performer (note)
- Introduced by Tom van Buren and Kewulay Kamara.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in performance at John Jay College Theater, The City University of New York, New York, on May 30, 1998. Video production: director, Mamadou Niang ; cameras, Ghasem Ebrahimian, Mark Braverman ; editing, François Bernadi.
- Funding (note)
- This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
- The assistance of New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
- Contents
- Kelefaba, the first Kora tune.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 2456
- OCLC
- NYPY99-F389
- Title
Badenya '98, Keba Bobo Cissoko [electronic resource] : a tribute to Samory Turay and his time ; a festival of oral tradition, music, and dance of West Africa / presented by the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in collaboration with the Badenya Organizing Committee ; concept design, organizing committee chair and master of ceremonies, Kewulay Kamara ; project director, Tom van Buren.
- Imprint
c1998.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Event
Videotaped in performance at John Jay College Theater, The City University of New York, New York, on May 30, 1998. Video production: director, Mamadou Niang ; cameras, Ghasem Ebrahimian, Mark Braverman ; editing, François Bernadi.
- Credits
Badenya Organizing Committee: chair, Kewulay Kamara, and Sherrif Ceesay, Babou Kassé, Mamadou Niang, Mahamadou Salieu Suso ; Center for Traditional Music and Dance, artistic and executive director, Ethel Raim ; sound, Douglas Rice ; lighting, Violet Lee.
- Performer
Introduced by Tom van Buren and Kewulay Kamara.
Performed by Keba Bobo Cissoko.
- Funding
This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The assistance of New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5834 cassette one.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Cissoko, Keba. Performer
Van Buren, Tom. Speaker
Kamara, Kewulay, speaker.
Lee, Violet. Lighting designer
Niang, Mamadou. Videographer
Center for Traditional Music and Dance (New York, N.Y.)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Theater.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Badenya '98 (Festival)
DHCA.
- Found In:
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-5834 cassette one (former)