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West African Dance, Volume 2. Abdoulaye Camara Teaches Five ‘New’ West African Choreographies (2006)

Director

Nikola Clay

Subject

Anthropology; Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 90 minutes), £27.99

Abdoulaye Camara teaches five West African dances - Soko, a traditional dance of the Komanko people of Guinea’s Faranah region, originally used in male initiation but now popular for weddings and other...

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IlÉ AiyÉ (The House of Life) (2004)

aka: House of Life, The

Director

David Byrne

Subject

Anthropology; Media studies; Music; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (50 minutes), £17.99

An impressionistic documentary by David Byrne (of Talking Heads) on Candomblé, the Brazilian spirit cult of the Bahia region. This "docu-poem" eschews all traditional documentary techniques and evokes the...

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Sound on Film I (1998 Video)

aka: Temp’Est

Director

Jamil Dehlavi; Michael Grigsby; Deborah May; Simon Reynell

Subject

Music

Distribution

Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 30 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS) each

Series in which a composer and a director collaborate to devise and make an original music work for television. 1 (director: Simon Reynell; composer: James Dillon) A distorted reflection of a single moment...

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African Stepping (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 80 min., 1997 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Khagan, a student of Elsa Wolliaston, is one of a new generation of French African dancers and teachers who draw upon a range of disciplines and experiences to assist in their study. African dance is marked...

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Roi Africain et Sa Musique de Cour, Un (1996 Video)

Director

Jean Rouch; Gilbert Rouget

Subject

Anthropology; Dance; Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 30 min., 1996 sale: 220.00FF (+p&p) (video only) 1996 sale: 700.00FF (+p&p) (video, CDs and book)

A video-based package, with film of songs and dances carried out by the wives of King Gbèfa (1948-1976) from the palace at Porto-Novo in Benin. The women sing long poems ‘a capella’ while resting on...

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Coming Home (1988 Video)

Director

George Dzikunu

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. ? min., 1997 sale: £35.95 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A set work for the African dance route of the University of London Advanced Supplementary Level Dance Examination. ‘Coming Home’ is a traditional dance arranged and choreographed by George Dzikuno and...

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