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Title

Orixá

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Águas, Paula (Dancer)
Bamberg, Adriana (Dancer)
Berenguer, Fátima (Dancer)
Castro, Cristina (Dancer)
Fonseca, Agnaldo (Dancer)
Fonseca, Paullo (Dancer)
Lucatelli, Solange (Dancer)
Marshall, Sérgio (Dancer)
Martins, Lila (Dancer)
Meireles, Maria Luiza (Dancer)
Melo, Dejalmir (Dancer)
Molina, Luis (Dancer)
Napoleão, Marcos (Dancer)
Nascimento, Mônica (Dancer)
Ribeiro, Maria Angela (Dancer)
Sáfadi, Maria Férnanda (Dancer)
Sanches, Antrifo (Dancer)
Santos, Joffre (Dancer)
Vianna, Ajax (Dancer)
Cardoso, Antonio Carlos (Director)
Arrieta, Luis (Choreographer)
Gismonti, Egberto (Composer)
Magalhães, Rosa (Designer)
Marri, Franco (Lighting designer)
Pantzer, Jerry (Videographer)
Balé Teatro Castro Alves (Presenter)
Network of Cultural Centers of Color (Producer)
Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.) (Event place)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)
Cardoso, Antonio Carlos (Scenarist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1996-08-02

Table Of Contents

Land duo / danced by Fátima Berenguer and Marcos Napoleão -- The circle / danced by the company -- Three brothers / Ogun danced by Flexa II, Eshu danced by Joffre Santos, Oshossi danced by Paullo Fonseca -- In the forest / Oshumare danced by Paula Águas and Sérgio Marshall and the company -- The rounds / Yewa danced by Fátima Berenguer and Maria Angela Ribeiro, Yemanjá danced by Lila Martins and Marcos Napoleão, Logun Edé danced by Dejalmir Melo, Yemanjá danced by Adriana Bamberg, Ossanyin danced by Solange Lucatelli, Yansan danced by Mônica Nascimento -- The chant of the lake / Oshun danced by Maria Luiza Meireles, Paula Águas and Fátima Berenguer -- Shadows: Duo / Oba and Shangô danced by Maria Férnanda Sáfadi and Agnaldo Fonseca -- Trio / Omolu danced by Ajax Vianna, Luis Molina and Paula Águas -- The guardian of the portal / Nanan danced by Cristina Castro -- The great march / Oshagiyan danced by Dejalmir Melo, Oshalufan danced by Antrifo Sanches and the company. |||| The dance of the Orixás / Nanan danced by Cristina Castro, Yemanjá danced by Lila Martins and Adriana Bamberg, Logun Edé danced by Dejalmir Melo, Yansan danced by Mônica Nascimento, Oshun danced by Maria Luiza Meireles, Shangô danced by Agnaldo Fonseca, Yewa danced by Fátima Berenguer and Maria Angela Ribeiro, Oshumare danced by Ajax Vianna, Omulu danced by Paula Águas, Ossanyin danced by Solange Lucatelli, Oshossi danced by Paullo Fonseca, Ogun danced by Flexa II, Eshu danced by Joffre Santos, Oshalá danced by Antrifo Sanches.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2397
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5225 (former)

Subjects

Modern dance -- Brazil

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: [produced by] The Network of Cultural Centers of Color in association with The Joyce Theater Foundation, inc. ; [presented by] Bahia Ballet (Balé Teatro Castro Alves) ; artistic director, Antonio Carlos Cardoso ; conception and choreography by Luis Arrieta ; based on a scenario by Antonio Carlos Cardoso ; music by Egberto Gismonti.
Content: Recording made possible by the cooperation of Bahia Ballet, The Network of Cultural Centers of Color, the Joyce Theater, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Content: Accompanied by house program.
Creation/Production Credits: Set and costumes, Rosa Magalhães ; lighting, Franco Marri.
Performers: Danced by Bahia Ballet.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, on August 2, 1996 ; video director, Jerry Pantzer ; camera, Brian Kellman, Nelson Hume.
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.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (46 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F476
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12673681
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f596df70-86ab-0135-e19e-37914dba5b43

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Orixá" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1996. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f596df70-86ab-0135-e19e-37914dba5b43

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1996). Orixá Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f596df70-86ab-0135-e19e-37914dba5b43

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Orixá" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f596df70-86ab-0135-e19e-37914dba5b43

Wikipedia citation

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