Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file (1 hour 5 minutes)) ; sound, color |
Contents |
Mother tongues -- (Re)invention -- Moments of contact -- Staging the (un)imaginable |
Summary |
A discussion of contemporary African dance, consisting of short excerpts from pieces by African choreographers & dancers and interviews with African dance experts. Where are the stories of fiercely creative African individuals and what do they have to tell us about their lives? Meet Movement (R)evolution Africa's choreographic trendsetters. Hailing from Senegal to South Africa, the perspectives and creative processes of these dancers and choreographers present fresh images of Africa, and bring to life the continent's contemporary identity. As they juxtapose reflection, rehearsal and performance, the artists open a window onto the emergent choreographic landscape of Africa in the 21st century, and ignite a new understanding of today's Africa and the global society of which we are all a part. Combining innovative narrative techniques and striking footage of dancers at work in the studio and on stage, Movement (R)evolution Africa explores an astonishing exposition of choreographic fomentation. The choreographers reveal emotionally complex and deeply contemporary expressions of self |
Analysis |
African Studies |
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Anthropology |
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Dance |
Notes |
Title from title frames |
Credits |
Director of photography, Jeff Silva ; principal cinematography, Jeff Silva, Alla Kovgan ; editor, Alla Kovgan ; music, Fabrice Bouillon Laforest, Jean-Yves Gratius |
Performer |
Company Kongo Ba Téria (Burkina Faso), Faustin Linyekula and Studios Kabako (Democratic Republic of Congo), Company Rary (Madagascar), Sello Pesa (South Africa), Company TchéTché (Côte d'Ivoire), Company Raiz di Polon (Cape Verde), Company Jant Bi (Senegal) and Kota Yamazaki (Japan), Nora Chipaumire (Zimbabwe), Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and members of Urban Bush Women (USA) |
Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2009 |
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Filmed from 2004-2006 at the University of Florida, Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, Bates Dance Festival, Tufts University and Time-Based Art Festival (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art) |
Notes |
In English |
Subject |
Modern dance -- Africa
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Dance -- Africa.
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African American dance.
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African American dance
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Dance
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Modern dance
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Africa
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Internet videos
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Dance films
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Documentary films
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Feature films
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Nonfiction films
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Internet videos.
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Dance films.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Films de danse.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Frosch, Joan, filmmaker
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Kovgan, Alla, filmmaker
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Kanopy (Firm)
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Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
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