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Badenya '98, Maimouna Keita Dance Company a tribute to Samory Turay and his time ; a festival of oral tradition, music, and dance of West Africa

Title
Badenya '98, Maimouna Keita Dance Company [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.
Publication
c1998.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Mar Gueye.
  • Van Buren, Tom.
  • Kamara, Kewulay
  • Basse-Wiles, Marie
  • Lee, Violet.
  • Niang, Mamadou.
  • Maimouna Keita Dance Company.
  • 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.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (19 min.) : sd., col.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
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
Wolossodon, a dance in celebration of life from Mali, West Africa.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2457
OCLC
NYPY99-F390
Title
Badenya '98, Maimouna Keita Dance Company [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.
Performer
Introduced by Tom van Buren and Kewulay Kamara.
Performed by Maimouna Keita Dance Company, with Mar Gueye ; artistic director and choreographer, Marie Basse-Wiles ; female dancers/singers: Alexis Adams, Taiwo Ardrey, Cayenne Bates, Fatu Angela Brown, Fatu CiCi Campbell, Valerie Yvette Evans, Shalewa Mackall, Sharon Matthews, Karen Miles, Ghizamboule Price, Ayoka Wiles, Ayodele Wiles Watt ; male dancers/singers: Glenn Gittens, Babacar M'Baye, Felix Ronald, Kwame H. Ross, Ousmane Sall, Ibrahima Diallo Wiles.
Musicians: Alioune Faye, Mar Gueye, Micheal Norwood, Abiose Wiles, Ibrahima M'Baye.
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.
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.
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 two.
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NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Mar Gueye. Musician
Van Buren, Tom. Director
Kamara, Kewulay, host.
Basse-Wiles, Marie, choreographer. Director
Lee, Violet. Lighting designer
Niang, Mamadou. Videographer
Maimouna Keita Dance Company.
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 two (former)
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