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Interview with Donald Eno Washington [sound recording]
- Title
- Interview with Donald Eno Washington [sound recording]
- Author
- Washington, Eno.
- Publication
- 1993.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 4 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-1809 [sound cassette] reel 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 3 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-1809 [sound cassette] reel 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 2 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-1809 [sound cassette] reel 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | reel 1 | Audio | Restricted use | *MGZTC 3-1809 [sound cassette] reel 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Farlow, Lesley.
- Description
- 4 sound cassettes (5 hrs.)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interviewed by Lesley Farlow on February 5 and 6 1993 at Donald Eno Washington's home in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
- For transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-1809.
- Contents
- SUMMARY: Cassette 1. Mr. Washington discusses his childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois and Portland, Oregon; his first educational and performing experiences; the origins of his work in social and street dancing; the influence of the church and of his first mentor, Ahmad Sahir. -- Cassette 2. Experiences at Portland State University; his move to Amherst to attend the University without Walls (a part of the University of Massachusetts); meeting his second griot, Rosalind De Mille; touring with Babatunde Olatunji; moving to New York; returning to Massachusetts to work for a Master of Fine Arts degree at Smith College; a trip to West Africa to study with Jabril Traore; the effect of AIDS on his daily life and personal philosophy; the inspiration for his Master's degree concert: Dance on the wind: memoirs of a Mississippi shaman; his work with drummer Bamidele Osumarea. -- Cassette 3. Discusses Reaching out around AIDS, a benefit concert that he produced; meeting Percival Borde; his three visits to Africa including Nigeria, Senegal and Gambia; learning the dances of the Jolas and the Mandinkes, including Bougarabou, Casa, Koba; the relationship of the dancers and the culture as a whole to the drummers. -- Cassette 4. Further discussion of his trips to Africa and particular dances, including Djongdong, Wolousodong, Lamba and Sabar.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1809
- OCLC
- NYPY936049926-R
- Author
- Washington, Eno. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Donald Eno Washington [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1993.
- Local Subject
- Mandingo (African people) -- Dances.
- Added Author
- Farlow, Lesley. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1809