Dance of Guinea, Préfecture de Macenta
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Title
Dance of Guinea, Préfecture de Macenta
Collection
Names
Sano, Kemoko (Performer)
Bangoura, Hamidou, 1941- (Director)
Camara, Lamine (Videographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1991-01-13 - 1991-01-14
Table Of Contents
Performance by a men's drumming ensemble. Men and a woman take turns dancing -- Performance by a men's ensemble playing wind instruments and drums. Dancing by women and men of the village -- Performance by a women's ensemble playing gourd rattles in nets, with dancing by two women and a man -- Performance by a men's ensemble playing various types of drums. Women and men take turns dancing -- More footage of the women's ensemble with gourd rattles -- Performance by a men's ensemble playing various types of drums. Kemoko Sano and another man dance in turn -- Indoor performance at a cultural center. The performers, all men, include musicians, a dancer, and a singer-dancer; Kemoko Sano also plays the drum with the group.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5069
Subjects
Dance
Drummers (Musicians)
Music -- Guinea
Guinea
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Field Recordings
Notes
Venue: Videotaped on location in the prefecture of Macenta, Guinea, on January 13-14, 1991 by Lamine Camara, a cameraman from Radio-Television of Guinea (RTG).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
Documentation of part of a three-week trip to the interior of Guinea, made by Kemoko Sano and Hamidou Bagoura, respectively choreographer and technical director of Les Ballets Africains of the Republic of Guinea, in search of promising musicians and dancers who might be recruited for the company, and source material for new works. At each site they visited, they were received by local authorities, and watched local troupes. They are often glimpsed observing, recording, and occasionally taking part in the performances.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12451010
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cc55c510-f870-0130-e693-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance of Guinea, Préfecture de Macenta" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991 - 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cc55c510-f870-0130-e693-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991 - 1991). Dance of Guinea, Préfecture de Macenta Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cc55c510-f870-0130-e693-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance of Guinea, Préfecture de Macenta" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cc55c510-f870-0130-e693-3c075448cc4b
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