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On Fire with African Dance: Cultural Exchange through Ancestors, Inspiration, and Grace

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
On Fire with African Dance: Cultural Exchange through Ancestors, Inspiration, and Grace
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- (Choreographer)
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- (Speaker)
Cabuag, Arcell (Speaker)
Herring, Otis Donovan (Speaker)
Roberts, Annique (Speaker)
Young, Clarice (Speaker)
Schmidt, Jan, 1976- (Speaker)
Penn, Robert E. (Videographer)
Penn, Robert E. (Editor)
Robert Penn Productions (Videographer)
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Presenter)
Evidence Dance Company (Contributor)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2013-04-04
Table of Contents
Introduction (26 min.) / speakers, Jan Schmidt and Ronald K. Brown -- Panel (approximately 40 min.) / panelist: Ronald K. Brown with Archell Cabuag, Otis Donovan Herring, Annique S. Roberts, Clarice Young.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1329
Topics
Brown, Ronald K., 1966-
Evidence Dance Company
Dance -- Africa
Dance -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Panel discussions
Interviews
Notes
Statement of responsibility: A presentation by Ronald K. Brown/Evidence with Arcell Cabuag, Otis Donovan Herring, Annique S. Roberts, Clarice Young ; presented by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Creation/production credits: Video played during presentation courtesy of Evidence, A Dance Company.
Content: A series of free public programs on African dance presented by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division with The Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Creation/production credits: Videography production, Robert Penn Productions ; producer, Robert Penn ; director of photography, Jonathan Weaver ; editor, Robert Penn. Introduced by Jan Schmidt (Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on 2013 April 4.
Funding: Recording made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (DVCam) (approximately 66 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Description
Ronald K. Brown discusses his dance background and childhood; Brown and dancers talk about their trips to Africa, Brown discusses how African dance is incorporated into his choreography, and the discussion is interspersed with video footage.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19830016
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7174f2d0-e375-0130-e011-3c075448cc4b
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  • 2013: Digitized
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "On Fire with African Dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2013. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72e80840-e375-0130-2873-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "On Fire with African Dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72e80840-e375-0130-2873-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2013). On Fire with African Dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72e80840-e375-0130-2873-3c075448cc4b

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On Fire with African Dance