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Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

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Title
Pangols
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Sonko, Bouly (Director)
Melo, Niels (Videographer)
National Dance Company of Senegal (Performer)
Columbia Artists Management, Inc (Associated name)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1995-03-04
Table of Contents
Cassette 1 (ca. 58 min.). Traditional music / instrumental introduction to an African vigil in Senegal, featuring music played on the kora, balafon, dan, tama, and traditional drums following the inspiration of griots, master storytellers and musicians. |||| Keme Bourama song / dedicated to Keme Bourama, oldest brother of Samory Toure, a war chief who resisted the French penetration of West Africa. |||| Bineta Faye and Dienaba Ndiaye song / homage to two women famed for their skill and courage. |||| Masks--Coumpo--Stilts / dance depicting a young girl frightened by sacred spirits. |||| The yella / dance accompanied by Toucouleur songs and gourds. |||| Khaware / African festival in which Ndananes, important women and men, meet to confer and feast. |||| Cassette 2 (ca. 60 min.). Balanta (The good man from Ndam) / dance competition in the village of Ndam. |||| Interlude with kora (21-stringed harp). |||| Hunter's dance / dance accompanied by the dan, a traditional stringed instrument that can be played only by initiated men. |||| Mandikole (The inhabitants of Mandigue) / dances by two ethnic groups at a feast, including the doundouma, performed by the Mandigues.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2323
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4392 (former)
Topics
Drummers (Musicians)
Dance -- Senegal
Folk dancing -- Senegal
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: presented by Le Ballet National du Senegal.
Content: Recording made possible by the cooperation of Le Ballet National du Senegal, Columbia Artists Management, Inc., and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Creation/production credits: Chef du délégation, Babacar Mbengue ; directeur artistique, Jean Pierre Leurs ; directeur du ballet, Bouly Sonko. For Columbia Artists Management, Inc.: company manager, Jonathan Ball ; technical director/lighting designer, Brad E. White, Jr. ; sound technician, Tony Rollins, Jr.
Performers: Performed by Le Ballet National du Senegal: artistes danseurs, Doumbia Adama, Dieynaba Ba, Awa Badji, Mamadou Balde, Tougourdu Camara, Tacko Demba Cissokho, Mama Djite, Arame Diop Doumbia, Lassana Kouyate, Ousseynou Kouyate, Aida Mbaye, Ndeye Bana Mbaye, Claudine Mendy, Dioncounda Ndiaye, Mamadou Ndione, Rose Ningue, Oumar Diaw Seck, Abdoulaye Toure ; artiste danseur, échassier, Michel Mendy ; artiste acrobate, Samba Bella Sall ; artiste balafoniste [balafon player], Mamady Cissokho ; artistes batteurs [drummers], Demba Balde, Sidy Cissokho, Macire Drame, Mamadou Fall, Bacary Goudiaby, Amadou Seck Mbengue, Mor Coumba Mbengue, Meissa Niang, Souleymane Sakho, Moussa Soumare ; artiste koriste [kora player], Almamy Cissokho.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Zellerbach Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley, California, on March 4, 1995, by Niels Melo of Telepros. The first four numbers ("Traditional music" through "Masks--Coumpo--Stilts") were recorded at the evening performance; the remaining numbers (from "The yella" to the end) were recorded at the matinee performance.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Language: Titles in English and French.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (Betacam SP) (118 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
French
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F567
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12328054
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e1db43f0-86ab-0135-d007-031848fa3db0
Rights Statement
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  • 2017: Digitized
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pangols" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1995. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5e51101-2dc1-4159-aa29-b2b3ff36a5f0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pangols" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5e51101-2dc1-4159-aa29-b2b3ff36a5f0

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1995). Pangols Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5e51101-2dc1-4159-aa29-b2b3ff36a5f0

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Pangols