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Flamenco! The Land Is Still Fertile (Director's Cut)
directed by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; produced by Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions (Berkeley, CA: Palomino Pro, 2023), 1 hour 40 mins
With world-class performance, fascinating interviews, footage of beautiful locations in southern Spain and similar visually compelling materials we examine traditional flamenco - that passionate art form, recognized by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. What is it? What are its roots?...
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directed by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; produced by Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions (Berkeley, CA: Palomino Pro, 2023), 1 hour 40 mins
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With world-class performance, fascinating interviews, footage of beautiful locations in southern Spain and similar visually compelling materials we examine traditional flamenco - that passionate art form, recognized by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. What is it? What are its roots? What are its ties to farm workers and other dispossessed peoples? Was it created by gitanos (Spanish Gypsies), and is this significant?...
With world-class performance, fascinating interviews, footage of beautiful locations in southern Spain and similar visually compelling materials we examine traditional flamenco - that passionate art form, recognized by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. What is it? What are its roots? What are its ties to farm workers and other dispossessed peoples? Was it created by gitanos (Spanish Gypsies), and is this significant?. And finally, what is the likely future of traditional flamenco?
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions, Antonio de la Malena, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Eve A. Ma, 1943-
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Palomino Pro
Speaker / Narrator
Antonio de la Malena, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Folk music, Flamenco, Romani
Copyright Message
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Great Performances: Now Hear This, Episode 1, Piazzolla’s History with Tango
directed by Harry Lynch, fl. 1997; produced by Harry Lynch, fl. 1997, Arcos Film + Music LLC, in Great Performances: Now Hear This, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 54 mins
Astor Piazzolla and tango were born in Argentina at the turn of the 20th century. Piazzolla would be drawn to, reject and return to tango over the course of his career. In this episode, Scott Yoo and his wife, the acclaimed flutist Alice Dade, travel to Buenos Aires to follow the evolution of Piazzolla and tango i...
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directed by Harry Lynch, fl. 1997; produced by Harry Lynch, fl. 1997, Arcos Film + Music LLC, in Great Performances: Now Hear This, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 54 mins
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Astor Piazzolla and tango were born in Argentina at the turn of the 20th century. Piazzolla would be drawn to, reject and return to tango over the course of his career. In this episode, Scott Yoo and his wife, the acclaimed flutist Alice Dade, travel to Buenos Aires to follow the evolution of Piazzolla and tango itself, set to his four-movement work History of Tango.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Harry Lynch, fl. 1997, Arcos Film + Music LLC
Author / Creator
Harry Lynch, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Great Performances: Now Hear This
Speaker / Narrator
Alice Dade, Scott Yoo
Person Discussed
Alice Dade, Scott Yoo, Astor Piazzolla, 1921-1992
Topic / Theme
Tango, Music works, Orchestration (Music), Musicians
Copyright Message
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Historias de la Musica Cubana, Ampárame
directed by Patricia Ramos, fl. 2009; produced by Juan Arenas, fl. 2009 and Camilo Vives, Television Espanola, Producciones Gutierrez Aragon, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos and Antillana de Comunicacion, in Historias de la Musica Cubana (Cuba: Productora Internacional ICAIC, 2009), 51 mins
Serie documental de 5 capítulos, de 52 minutos cada uno, sobre la música cubana, todos bajo la dirección general de Manuel Gutiérrez.
A documentary series of 5 chapters with 52 minutes each, about Cuban Music. With the general direction of Manuel Gutiérrez.
Série documental de 5 capítulos, de 52 minutos cada um...
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directed by Patricia Ramos, fl. 2009; produced by Juan Arenas, fl. 2009 and Camilo Vives, Television Espanola, Producciones Gutierrez Aragon, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos and Antillana de Comunicacion, in Historias de la Musica Cubana (Cuba: Productora Internacional ICAIC, 2009), 51 mins
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Serie documental de 5 capítulos, de 52 minutos cada uno, sobre la música cubana, todos bajo la dirección general de Manuel Gutiérrez.
A documentary series of 5 chapters with 52 minutes each, about Cuban Music. With the general direction of Manuel Gutiérrez.
Série documental de 5 capítulos, de 52 minutos cada um, sobre a música cubana. Com a direção geral de Manuel Gutiérrez.
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Juan Arenas, fl. 2009, Camilo Vives, Television Espanola, Producciones Gutierrez Aragon, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos, Antillana de Comunicacion
Author / Creator
Patricia Ramos, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Productora Internacional ICAIC
Series
Historias de la Musica Cubana
Person Discussed
Niño Rivera, 1919-1966, Lázaro Ros, María Teresa Vera
Topic / Theme
Musical performances, Race and culture, Cuban people, Religion, African diaspora, Conjunto, Conga, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Cubans
Copyright Message
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Kawral
directed by Mohamed Athamna, fl. 2007; composed by Laurent Blondiau, 1968-; conducted by Laurent Blondiau, 1968-; choreographed by Salia Sanou, 1969-; designed by Silvia Hasenclever, fl. 2017, Sam Mary, fl. 2017; produced by Marie-Pierre Bousquet, fl. 2011, Met-X and Axe Sud; performed by Ibrahim Zongo, fl. 2017, Lucie Ouédraogo, fl. 2017, Daouda Zerbo, fl. 2017, Mariam Traore, fl. 2017, Michael Nana, fl. 2017, João Lobo, 1981-, Giovanni Di Domenico, 1977-, Lynn Cassiers, 1984- and Laurent Blondiau, 1968- (Paris, Ile-de-France: Windrose SAS, 2017), 49 mins
This "concert-dance performance" is the encounter between the musical and sound universe of the collective Mâäk (European ensemble directed by Laurent Blondiau) between electro and jazz and that of five Burkinabe dancers, choreographed by Salia Sanou. The bodies and the instruments are confronting each other. Ea...
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directed by Mohamed Athamna, fl. 2007; composed by Laurent Blondiau, 1968-; conducted by Laurent Blondiau, 1968-; choreographed by Salia Sanou, 1969-; designed by Silvia Hasenclever, fl. 2017, Sam Mary, fl. 2017; produced by Marie-Pierre Bousquet, fl. 2011, Met-X and Axe Sud; performed by Ibrahim Zongo, fl. 2017, Lucie Ouédraogo, fl. 2017, Daouda Zerbo, fl. 2017, Mariam Traore, fl. 2017, Michael Nana, fl. 2017, João Lobo, 1981-, Giovanni Di Domenico, 1977-, Lynn Cassiers, 1984- and Laurent Blondiau, 1968- (Paris, Ile-de-France: Windrose SAS, 2017), 49 mins
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This "concert-dance performance" is the encounter between the musical and sound universe of the collective Mâäk (European ensemble directed by Laurent Blondiau) between electro and jazz and that of five Burkinabe dancers, choreographed by Salia Sanou. The bodies and the instruments are confronting each other. Each rhythm and sound, gesture and movement is lost in the universe of the other to rebuild itself. Kawral is the quest for the beauty of...
This "concert-dance performance" is the encounter between the musical and sound universe of the collective Mâäk (European ensemble directed by Laurent Blondiau) between electro and jazz and that of five Burkinabe dancers, choreographed by Salia Sanou. The bodies and the instruments are confronting each other. Each rhythm and sound, gesture and movement is lost in the universe of the other to rebuild itself. Kawral is the quest for the beauty of encounter, instinctive, free and spontaneous, with improvisations where North and South meet, different lifestyles intertwine and discover each other. Shot at Chapelle du Verbe Incarné, during festival of Avignon, France.
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Ibrahim Zongo, fl. 2017, Lucie Ouédraogo, fl. 2017, Daouda Zerbo, fl. 2017, Mariam Traore, fl. 2017, Michael Nana, fl. 2017, João Lobo, 1981-, Giovanni Di Domenico, 1977-, Lynn Cassiers, 1984-, Laurent Blondiau, 1968-
Contributor
Salia Sanou, 1969-, Laurent Blondiau, 1968-, Silvia Hasenclever, fl. 2017, Sam Mary, fl. 2017, Marie-Pierre Bousquet, fl. 2011, Met-X, Axe Sud
Author / Creator
Salia Sanou, 1969-, Laurent Blondiau, 1968-, Mohamed Athamna, fl. 2007, Ibrahim Zongo, fl. 2017, Lucie Ouédraogo, fl. 2017, Daouda Zerbo, fl. 2017, Mariam Traore, fl. 2017, Michael Nana, fl. 2017, João Lobo, 1981-, Giovanni Di Domenico, 1977-, Lynn Cassiers, 1984-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Windrose SAS
Copyright Message
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K-Rio-K
directed by Greg Germain, 1947-; conducted by Gabriel Grossi, fl. 2000; choreographed by Juliana Sanches, fl. 2000; designed by Lili Kendaka, fl. 2000, Lili Kendaka, fl. 2000; produced by Marie-Pierre Bousquet, fl. 2011, Axe Sud; performed by Juliana Sanches, fl. 2000, Leticia Pontes Pino, fl. 2000, Alex Lima, fl. 2000, Thiago Kamacho, fl. 2000, Liz Janysis, fl. 2000, David Bosco, fl. 2000, Zé Luíz Nascimento, Gabriel Geszti, Dudu Oliveira, Gabriele Mirabassi, 1967-, Daniela Rezende and Gabriel Grossi, fl. 2000 (Paris, Ile-de-France: Windrose SAS, 2015), 1 hour 13 mins
This spoken musical dance show enthusiastically recalls the fruitful French-Brazilian cultural and artistic relations from the 1920s. Paul Claudel, French ambassador in Brazil, and Darius Milhaud, his cultural advisor, are namely celebrated in this boundary-breaking time travel.
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directed by Greg Germain, 1947-; conducted by Gabriel Grossi, fl. 2000; choreographed by Juliana Sanches, fl. 2000; designed by Lili Kendaka, fl. 2000, Lili Kendaka, fl. 2000; produced by Marie-Pierre Bousquet, fl. 2011, Axe Sud; performed by Juliana Sanches, fl. 2000, Leticia Pontes Pino, fl. 2000, Alex Lima, fl. 2000, Thiago Kamacho, fl. 2000, Liz Janysis, fl. 2000, David Bosco, fl. 2000, Zé Luíz Nascimento, Gabriel Geszti, Dudu Oliveira, Gabriele Mirabassi, 1967-, Daniela Rezende and Gabriel Grossi, fl. 2000 (Paris, Ile-de-France: Windrose SAS, 2015), 1 hour 13 mins
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This spoken musical dance show enthusiastically recalls the fruitful French-Brazilian cultural and artistic relations from the 1920s. Paul Claudel, French ambassador in Brazil, and Darius Milhaud, his cultural advisor, are namely celebrated in this boundary-breaking time travel.
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Juliana Sanches, fl. 2000, Leticia Pontes Pino, fl. 2000, Alex Lima, fl. 2000, Thiago Kamacho, fl. 2000, Liz Janysis, fl. 2000, David Bosco, fl. 2000, Zé Luíz Nascimento, Gabriel Geszti, Dudu Oliveira, Gabriele Mirabassi, 1967-, Daniela Rezende, Gabriel Grossi, fl. 2000
Contributor
Juliana Sanches, fl. 2000, Gabriel Grossi, fl. 2000, Lili Kendaka, fl. 2000, Marie-Pierre Bousquet, fl. 2011, Axe Sud
Author / Creator
Juliana Sanches, fl. 2000, Greg Germain, 1947-, Leticia Pontes Pino, fl. 2000, Alex Lima, fl. 2000, Thiago Kamacho, fl. 2000, Liz Janysis, fl. 2000, David Bosco, fl. 2000, Zé Luíz Nascimento, Gabriel Geszti, Dudu Oliveira, Gabriele Mirabassi, 1967-, Daniela Rezende, Gabriel Grossi, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Windrose SAS
Copyright Message
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N'dolo, Chants, Jeux et Danses en Pays Baoulé
produced by Koffi Célestin Yao (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2013), 57 mins
Les baoulés sont un peuple de Côte d'Ivoire, issus du groupe akan. Au niveau de la culture et des arts, ils constituent l'un des peuples les plus prolifiques et créatifs d'Afrique. L'art sculptural baoulé fait le bonheur de nombreux musées occidentaux. Cependant, au pays baoulé, il n'y a pas que les masques...
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produced by Koffi Célestin Yao (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2013), 57 mins
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Les baoulés sont un peuple de Côte d'Ivoire, issus du groupe akan. Au niveau de la culture et des arts, ils constituent l'un des peuples les plus prolifiques et créatifs d'Afrique. L'art sculptural baoulé fait le bonheur de nombreux musées occidentaux. Cependant, au pays baoulé, il n'y a pas que les masques et les statuettes, nous pouvons mentionner de nombreuses autres formes artistiques, dont l'art du chant et de la danse. En règle gé...
Les baoulés sont un peuple de Côte d'Ivoire, issus du groupe akan. Au niveau de la culture et des arts, ils constituent l'un des peuples les plus prolifiques et créatifs d'Afrique. L'art sculptural baoulé fait le bonheur de nombreux musées occidentaux. Cependant, au pays baoulé, il n'y a pas que les masques et les statuettes, nous pouvons mentionner de nombreuses autres formes artistiques, dont l'art du chant et de la danse. En règle général, ces formes s'associent pleinement au cérémoniel dit du « masque », quand le pagne dit baoulé ou le raphia endossent le corps du danseur qui performe, accompagné par l'orchestre des membres initiés. La pratique très féminine du n'dolo ou aka combine le chant, la danse et le jeu, lors des cérémonies villageoises.
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Date Written / Recorded
2011-10
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Koffi Célestin Yao
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
L'Harmattan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 L'Harmattan
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Of Beauty & Deities: Music & Dance of India
directed by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; presented by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; produced by Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions; performed by Kalanjali: Dances Of India (Berkeley, CA: Palomino Productions, 2010), 57 mins
Part of Eve A. Ma's series about world music and dance, "Of Beauty & Deities" explores the music and dance of southern India, especially the classical "bhatatanatyam." The hour-long documentary includes professional level performance, interviews, and a host's narrative. Working through the group "Kalanjali: Dances...
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directed by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; presented by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; produced by Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions; performed by Kalanjali: Dances Of India (Berkeley, CA: Palomino Productions, 2010), 57 mins
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Part of Eve A. Ma's series about world music and dance, "Of Beauty & Deities" explores the music and dance of southern India, especially the classical "bhatatanatyam." The hour-long documentary includes professional level performance, interviews, and a host's narrative. Working through the group "Kalanjali: Dances of India," we are treated to solo as well as group dance performances, a purely musical number, plus explanations of the musical instr...
Part of Eve A. Ma's series about world music and dance, "Of Beauty & Deities" explores the music and dance of southern India, especially the classical "bhatatanatyam." The hour-long documentary includes professional level performance, interviews, and a host's narrative. Working through the group "Kalanjali: Dances of India," we are treated to solo as well as group dance performances, a purely musical number, plus explanations of the musical instruments, the meaning of the dances, and more.
Filmed in a studio in California (Contra Costa Television, as supported by AC5 - Arts & Culture Commission of Contra Costa County), the solo dancer and the musicians were brought over from India. The dancers in the group are mostly people of Indian heritage, part of the Indian diaspora. The performers - both those from India and those from California - come from a group called "Kalanjali: Dances of India" which teaches in both southern India and northern California. Its artistic directors when we created this documentary were K.P. Kunhiraman and his wife, Katherine Kunhiraman. K.P. Kunhiraman, a master of kathakali as well as bharatanatyam, has since passed away. Bharatanatyam, the focus of the documentary, comes out of the Hindu tradition although in modern times, it has opened itself up to anyone, no matter what their religious tradition (or lack of same). The dances are hymns to and stories about the Hindu gods. Dance movements are a form of sign language (and we have "translated" these movements in one of the dances). It is a rigorous dance form that takes years to learn. The musicians, from singer Sasidaran to the flutist, the percussionist and the violinist (a bow to modern music) are all highly trained and well-known in their native India. The documentary contains one purely musical number so that viewers may enjoy this classical southern Indian, Karnatan, music. And the documentary contains one folk dance, this one from the central Indian state of Orissa. As artistic director Katherine Kunhiraman explains, the Kalakshetra Institute (where she was trained and where K.P. Kunhiraman taught for many years) emphasized that all Indians are one. The country of India contains people of hundreds of different cultures and languages, but the Kalakshetra Institute's founder and director, Rukmini Davey, urged them to view themselves as one people, part of one nation, and taught regional folk dances to the students as a means of communicating this message. Besides, the folk dances were a pleasure to learn after spending hours each day working on the classical dances. In sum, this is a documentary which touches on Indians in California as well as on Indian culture in a broad sense, delivered through one of its most ancient and revered classical art forms. Fittingly enough, the film has aired over individual PBS stations from the East to the West coast.
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Kalanjali: Dances Of India
Contributor
Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions
Author / Creator
Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Kalanjali: Dances Of India
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Palomino Productions
Topic / Theme
Bharatanatyam
Copyright Message
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Stamping Ground, 2, Road to the Stamping Ground
directed by David Muir, fl. 1984 and Hans Hulscher, fl. 1984; choreographed by Jiří Kylián, 1947-; produced by Neil Mundy, fl. 1994 and Timothy Read, fl. 1973, NOS-TV Holland, Polygon Pictures and RM Arts; performed by Nederlands Dans Theater, in Stamping Ground, 2 (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1984), 57 mins
An invitation to attend a large gathering of Aboriginal dancers in Australia fuelled Jiri Kylián's abiding interest in their traditions. Film of his experience there, together with footage of the work it inspired him to undertake with the Nederlands Dans Theater, form an introduction to a studio recording of the...
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directed by David Muir, fl. 1984 and Hans Hulscher, fl. 1984; choreographed by Jiří Kylián, 1947-; produced by Neil Mundy, fl. 1994 and Timothy Read, fl. 1973, NOS-TV Holland, Polygon Pictures and RM Arts; performed by Nederlands Dans Theater, in Stamping Ground, 2 (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1984), 57 mins
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An invitation to attend a large gathering of Aboriginal dancers in Australia fuelled Jiri Kylián's abiding interest in their traditions. Film of his experience there, together with footage of the work it inspired him to undertake with the Nederlands Dans Theater, form an introduction to a studio recording of the stunning ballet that resulted: Stamping Ground. This stunningly innovative and athletic piece of choreography is danced to music by Car...
An invitation to attend a large gathering of Aboriginal dancers in Australia fuelled Jiri Kylián's abiding interest in their traditions. Film of his experience there, together with footage of the work it inspired him to undertake with the Nederlands Dans Theater, form an introduction to a studio recording of the stunning ballet that resulted: Stamping Ground. This stunningly innovative and athletic piece of choreography is danced to music by Carlos Chavez. This performance is also available with a documentary introduction, Road To The Stamping Ground.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Nederlands Dans Theater
Contributor
Jiří Kylián, 1947-, Neil Mundy, fl. 1994, Timothy Read, fl. 1973, NOS-TV Holland, Polygon Pictures, RM Arts, Kit Denton
Author / Creator
Jiří Kylián, 1947-, David Muir, fl. 1984, Hans Hulscher, fl. 1984, Nederlands Dans Theater
Date Published / Released
1984
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Stamping Ground
Speaker / Narrator
Kit Denton
Topic / Theme
Ritual, Traditional, Ballet, Australian Aborigines
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1984 Monarda Arts
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Via Sophiatown
directed by Jean-Marc Birraux, fl. 1995; choreographed by Vusi Mdoyi, fl. 2002; designed by David Dindie, fl. 2013, Alix Veillon; produced by Pascal Brulon, 1960-, Damien Valette, fl. 2013 and Farid Rezkallah, GIE Grand Ouest, Arte France and 24 Images; performed by Via Katlehong (London, England: Marquee Arts, 2013), 1 hour 8 mins
The South African company Via Katlehong Dance tells the story of 1950s Sophiatown, a district of Johannesburg. The story is told as an explosive musical comedy expressed through the ultra-fast dynamic dance styles born in the streets of the neighbourhood. With now internationally-famous South African music such as...
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directed by Jean-Marc Birraux, fl. 1995; choreographed by Vusi Mdoyi, fl. 2002; designed by David Dindie, fl. 2013, Alix Veillon; produced by Pascal Brulon, 1960-, Damien Valette, fl. 2013 and Farid Rezkallah, GIE Grand Ouest, Arte France and 24 Images; performed by Via Katlehong (London, England: Marquee Arts, 2013), 1 hour 8 mins
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The South African company Via Katlehong Dance tells the story of 1950s Sophiatown, a district of Johannesburg. The story is told as an explosive musical comedy expressed through the ultra-fast dynamic dance styles born in the streets of the neighbourhood. With now internationally-famous South African music such as hits by Dorothy Masuka or Miriam Makeba, the show presents couples dancing the tsaba-tsaba or the kofifi, the ancestor of pantsula. Ac...
The South African company Via Katlehong Dance tells the story of 1950s Sophiatown, a district of Johannesburg. The story is told as an explosive musical comedy expressed through the ultra-fast dynamic dance styles born in the streets of the neighbourhood. With now internationally-famous South African music such as hits by Dorothy Masuka or Miriam Makeba, the show presents couples dancing the tsaba-tsaba or the kofifi, the ancestor of pantsula. Accompanied by two jazz musicians, the dancers allow us to relive this strong period in African culture - the era of 'happy Africa'. Sophiatown had been a mixed area, a melting pot of aesthetic and political ideas; but following the establishment of the policy of apartheid in 1955, the black population was moved out to Soweto and the district reserved exclusively for whites. Via Sophiatown is a way to resurrect the neighbourhood and its artistic fervour. Originally Via Katlehong was more a neighbourhood association than a dance company, a way of diverting township youth from crime and violence in the last years of apartheid. The situation has now changed; and apartheid has gone. But Via Katlehong remains faithful to the idea that dance can be used to invent zones of freedom, to negotiate a place in society, and to find ways to reappropriate what might have been taken from the dancers and their audience.
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Date Written / Recorded
2013-11-08
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Via Katlehong
Contributor
Vusi Mdoyi, fl. 2002, David Dindie, fl. 2013, Alix Veillon, Pascal Brulon, 1960-, Damien Valette, fl. 2013, Farid Rezkallah, GIE Grand Ouest, Arte France, 24 Images
Author / Creator
Vusi Mdoyi, fl. 2002, Jean-Marc Birraux, fl. 1995, Via Katlehong
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Marquee Arts
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 Marquee Arts
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A Zest for Life: Afro-Peruvian Rhythms, a Source of Latin Jazz
directed by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; presented by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; produced by Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions (Berkeley, CA: Palomino Productions, 2015), 57 mins
The music and dance in this documentary come from a corner of the African Diaspora with which few people are familiar: the Afro-Peruvians. One aim of the film is to acquaint the viewer with this lively and fascinating culture. In addition, the music is very attractive - upbeat and rhythmic. The dances are colorful...
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directed by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; presented by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; produced by Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions (Berkeley, CA: Palomino Productions, 2015), 57 mins
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The music and dance in this documentary come from a corner of the African Diaspora with which few people are familiar: the Afro-Peruvians. One aim of the film is to acquaint the viewer with this lively and fascinating culture. In addition, the music is very attractive - upbeat and rhythmic. The dances are colorful. And the history of Afro-Peruvians, which is recounted in brief in the documentary, is highly reminiscent of that of African Americans...
The music and dance in this documentary come from a corner of the African Diaspora with which few people are familiar: the Afro-Peruvians. One aim of the film is to acquaint the viewer with this lively and fascinating culture. In addition, the music is very attractive - upbeat and rhythmic. The dances are colorful. And the history of Afro-Peruvians, which is recounted in brief in the documentary, is highly reminiscent of that of African Americans.
Our star is Lalo Izquierdo: dancer, choreographer, percussionist, and folklorist of his Afro-Peruvian community. Through his explanations and his performance, to say nothing of the choreographies he taught, we discover a part of Latin America that differs significantly from that with which we usually are in contact with. The filming took place in both California and Peru. Izquierdo spent a year in California, teaching a Bay Area group (de Rompe y Raja) which had obtained a grant to bring him here. This made it easy for us to shoot the performance part (captured in the studios of Contra Costa Television, through the good offices of AC5 - the Arts & Culture Commission of Contra Costa County). Director Eve A. Ma also spent time in Peru, both in its capitol of Lima and in the coastal countryside to the north and the south where the Afro-Peruvian influence has been strongest.People in the United States have only recently begun to learn about people of African descent in Latin America, and this documentary provides a fascinating glimpse into one segment of this population. "A Zest for Life" has shown on individual PBS stations from Washington, D.C. through California, enlarging our understanding of these people and their wonderful art forms.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions
Author / Creator
Eve A. Ma, 1943-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Palomino Productions
Speaker / Narrator
Lalo Izquierdo, 1950-
Person Discussed
Lalo Izquierdo, 1950-
Topic / Theme
Peruvians, Africans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Palomino Pro
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