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[Sabar master class] ; [and] [West African dance lecture-demonstration]

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
[Sabar master class] ; [and] [West African dance lecture-demonstration]
Additional title: West African dance lecture-demonstration
Names
Washington, Eno (Teacher)
Osumarea, Bamidele (Speaker)
Osumarea, Bamidele (Musician)
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- (Videographer)
Waltner, Susan (Videographer)
Washington, Eno (Speaker)
Washington, Eno (Dancer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1981
Date Created: 1986
Table of Contents
Reel 1. Sabar master class (ca. 62 min.) / instructor, Donald Eno Asabo Washington ; musicians, Leon L. Mobley, Jah-Amen Mobley, Massamba Fall, and Pendesa. Sabar is performed by the Wolof peoples of the Senegambia region of West Africa; techniques taught in this class are (in order of appearance): Kaolack, M'bass, Ventilateur, and Tieb-Bu-Tien -- Reel 2. Sabar master class, continued (ca. 10 min.) -- West African dance lecture-demonstration (ca. 44 min.) / speakers, Donald Eno Asabo Washington and Bamidele Osumarea ; dancers, Donald Eno Asabo Washington and Dorothy Murphy ; musician, Bamidele Osumarea. The lecture-demonstration, which concludes with a question-and-answer period, covers different aspects of West African dance and music, including Sabar and the acrobatic element in African dance.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9383
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4457 (former)
Topics
Drummers (Musicians)
Dance -- Africa, West
Dance, Black -- United States
Genres
Lectures
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: [presented by] Donald Eno Asabo Washington.
Content: Titles from information provided by donor.
Venue: Sabar master class: videotaped in the studio at University of California Los Angeles in 1986 by Ron Brown.
Venue: West African dance lecture-demonstration: videotaped at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1981 by Susan Waltner.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F571
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12328057
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2a1e27b0-8cc5-0135-c101-0bd259f8b7af
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1981: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "[Sabar master class] ; [and] [West African dance lecture-demonstration]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981 - 1986. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2a1e27b0-8cc5-0135-c101-0bd259f8b7af

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "[Sabar master class] ; [and] [West African dance lecture-demonstration]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2a1e27b0-8cc5-0135-c101-0bd259f8b7af

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981 - 1986). [Sabar master class] ; [and] [West African dance lecture-demonstration] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2a1e27b0-8cc5-0135-c101-0bd259f8b7af

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