- Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:56 am
#14002
looks like an interesting documentary with some good feature segments, including:
* Incantation, Compagnie Danse Nyata-Nyata, Canada/Congo
* Le Coq Est Mort, Compagnie Jant-Bi, Germany/Senegal
* Phokwane, Mpheyane, Vincent Mantsoe, South Africa
* Figninto, Compagnie Cie Salia ni Seydo, Burkina Faso
* Heritage, Compagnie Sylvain Zabli, Ivory Coast
* Uma Historia Da Duvida, Compagnie Clara Andermatt, Cape Verde/Portugal
* Dimi, Compangnie TcheTche, Ivory Coast
* Pour Antigone, Comagnie Mathilde Monnier, France/Burkina Faso/Mali
can be purchased on dvd for $40 or downloaded for $16 at http://www.der.org/films/african-dance.html
* Incantation, Compagnie Danse Nyata-Nyata, Canada/Congo
* Le Coq Est Mort, Compagnie Jant-Bi, Germany/Senegal
* Phokwane, Mpheyane, Vincent Mantsoe, South Africa
* Figninto, Compagnie Cie Salia ni Seydo, Burkina Faso
* Heritage, Compagnie Sylvain Zabli, Ivory Coast
* Uma Historia Da Duvida, Compagnie Clara Andermatt, Cape Verde/Portugal
* Dimi, Compangnie TcheTche, Ivory Coast
* Pour Antigone, Comagnie Mathilde Monnier, France/Burkina Faso/Mali
can be purchased on dvd for $40 or downloaded for $16 at http://www.der.org/films/african-dance.html
This documentary explores African contemporary dance through eight modern dance companies from Africa, Europe and Canada that participated in the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse in Montreal, Canada in 1999. Interviews, including those with dance historians Yacouba Konate and Alponse Tierou, add insight to beautifully-photographed performances. What emerges is a fascinating diversity of contemporary African dance themes and styles. Exploring the interactions between tradition and modernism, the consequences of colonization and urbanization, the self-expression of women through dance, and the roles of masculinity and family relationships, the film is a unique source of information and inspiration for dancers, dance historians, choreographers, critics, as well as those interested in African culture, past and present.