Lions will roar, swans will fly, angles will wrestle heaven, rains will break: gukurahundi

Item data

Title

Lions will roar, swans will fly, angles will wrestle heaven, rains will break: gukurahundi

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Chipaumire, Nora (Choreographer)
Chipaumire, Nora (Director)
Chipaumire, Nora (Conceptor)
Chipaumire, Nora (Dancer)
Badolo, Souleymane, 1968- (Dancer)
Mapfumo, Thomas (Musician)
Mapfumo, Thomas (Composer)
Tardy, Romain (Designer)
Nagata, Naoko (Costume designer)
Novak, Joe W. (Lighting designer)
Novak, Joe W. (Technical director)
Chideya, Farai (Moderator)
De Boysson, Jean (Director)
De Boysson, Jean (Editor)
De Boysson, Jean (Videographer)
Blacks Unlimited (Musical group) (Performer)
651, An Arts Center (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2010-05-22

Table Of Contents

Performance (83 min.) -- Post show discussion (ca. 13 min.) / panel: Nora Chipaumire (choreographer & performer), Thomas Mapfumo (composer, musician), Farai Chideua (moderator).

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-5816

Subjects

Chipaumire, Nora
Mapfumo, Thomas
Blacks Unlimited (Musical group)
Long Island University

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Panel Discussions
Interviews

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: conceived, choreographed and directed by Nora Chipaumire ; original sound score by Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited.
Content: Widescreen.
Content: Minimal lighting; image is dark.
Content: Recording made possible by the cooperation of 651 Arts, Nora Chipaumire, The Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, and The Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Conservation History: This program is available in the Dance Division's *MGZB 651, An Arts Center [programs].
Creation/Production Credits: Video directed and edited by Jean de Boysson ; camera, D.D. Cronos, Jean de Boysson.
Performers: Performed by Nora Chipaumire and Souleymane Badolo ; musicians, The Blacks Unlimited: Thomas Mapfumo (vocals & guitar), Lancelot Kashesha (percussion & vocals), Gilbert Zvamaida (guitar & vocals), Christopher Muchabaiwa (bass guitar), Chakaipa Mhembere (mbira).
Performers: Video design by Romain Tardy ; early design by Joelle Dietrick ; original lighting design by Olivier Clausse dit Maurice ; additional lighting design and technical direction by Joe W. Novak ; costume design by Naiko Nagata ; production coordination by Susan Hamburger.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at The Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Long Island Univ., Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 21& 22, 2010.
Funding: This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Funding: The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
Funding: The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 video file (98 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

Panel discusses the creation of this work, how the collaboration happened, how they want the work to be perceived, how to increase audiences, and Chipaumire's strategy for getting more audience members by collaborating with a well known music group, The Blacks Unlimited.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18976532
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 52bd4610-f79c-0130-c8b9-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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