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Cassa Cassa: Dance meeting of Africa and the diaspora

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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African Dance Video Archive

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Cassa Cassa

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Title
Cassa Cassa: Dance meeting of Africa and the diaspora
Additional title: Cassa Cassa!
Names
Lefebvre, Elodie (Screenwriter)
Lefebvre, Elodie (Director)
Lefebvre, Elodie (Editor of a moving image work)
Bendongué, Fred (Dancer)
Bendongué, Fred (Choreographer)
Bendongué, Fred (Interviewee)
Le Messurier, Flavia Chevez (Dancer)
Le Messurier, Flavia Chevez (Interviewee)
Le Messurier, Flavia Chevez (Choreographer)
Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo (Dancer)
Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo (Interviewee)
Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo (Choreographer)
Chipaumire, Nora (Dancer)
Chipaumire, Nora (Interviewee)
Chipaumire, Nora (Choreographer)
Maqoma, Gregory (Dancer)
Maqoma, Gregory (Interviewee)
Maqoma, Gregory (Choreographer)
Ouamba, Andréya (Dancer)
Ouamba, Andréya (Interviewee)
Ouamba, Andréya (Choreographer)
Funmi, Adewole (Dancer)
Funmi, Adewole (Interviewee)
Funmi, Adewole (Choreographer)
Moreira, Rui, 1963- (Dancer)
Moreira, Rui, 1963- (Interviewee)
Moreira, Rui, 1963- (Choreographer)
Damasceno, Tatiana (Dancer)
Damasceno, Tatiana (Interviewee)
Damasceno, Tatiana (Choreographer)
Carlés, James (Dancer)
Carlés, James (Interviewee)
Carlés, James (Choreographer)
Blou, Léna (Choreographer)
Blou, Léna (Interviewee)
Ndaiye, Pape Ibrahima (Dancer)
N'daiye, Pape Ibrahima (Choreographer)
Liadi, Adedayo (Dancer)
Liadi, Adedayo (Choreographer)
Acogny, Germaine, 1944- (Choreographer)
Acogny, Patrick (Choreographer)
Adodo, Lola (Choreographer)
Andriamoratsiresy, Ariry (Choreographer)
Beugré, Nadia (Choreographer)
Douglas, Gilbert (Choreographer)
Fo, Longa (Choreographer)
Fonkam, Jean Michel (Choreographer)
Grimes, Errol (Choreographer)
Jemal, Jundai (Choreographer)
Kapo, Clément (Choreographer)
Lumarque, Nicole (Choreographer)
Onyango, Odak (Choreographer)
Sanou, Salia (Choreographer)
Théfaine, Flora (Choreographer)
Tobio, Hyacinthe Abdoulaye (Choreographer)
Vogt, Helmut (Choreographer)
Amancio, Gilbert (Musician)
Ba, Djibril (Musician)
Denis, Raoul J.R (Musician)
Diop, Abdoulaye (Musician)
Diop, Oumar Fandy (Musician)
Flauzin, Felix (Musician)
Penda, Badara (Musician)
Seck, Ndeye (Musician)
Simao, Francisco Tiago (Musician)
Simao, Joao Paulo (Musician)
École des Sables (Producer)
Lefebvre, Elodie (Donor)
Ouemba, Andreya (Dancer)
Ouemba, Andreya (Choreographer)
Ouemba, Andreya (Interviewee)
Tapol, Aymeric de, 1974-.... (Sound designer)
Lefebvre, Eleonore (Translator)
Merveilles d'Afrique (Dance company) (Translator)
Vair, Christian (Translator)
Collection

African Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2012
Place: Senegal
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2870
Topics
Dance -- Africa
African diaspora
African diaspora in art
African American dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Music
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: sound mixing, Fred Lillo; color correction and subtitles, thibault Saksik; DVD output, PCR;
Venue: 2012 Senegal.
Acquisition: Gift; Elodie Lefebvre, 2013.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
From Elodie Lefebvre's website: "Germaine Acogny, a leading figure in contemporary African dance and the founder of the École des Sables in Senegal, has longed for many years to bring together choreographers from Africa and the diaspora. In 2007, the École des Sables invited for the first time thirty-five choreographers and musicians of African origin for the project 'Recontres dansées de l'Afrique et de sa diaspora' (Danced Encounters of Africa and its Diaspora). This remote place became for two weeks the site for exceptional exchange. Each artist who has accepted the invitation brings his or her own personal universe. They unfold it under the others' gaze, in a quest for the nature of the links that unite them with Africa; they put it into a dialogue with their partners' universes, searching for the mutations of form and meaning which their dancing has undergone. It is with a desire for communion and sharing that these unique trajectories meet at the École des Sables; it is between the bush and the ocean that they reunite with their collective history."
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
French
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 951987001
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21004114
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 30228130-72e2-0134-f268-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 2012: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Cassa Cassa" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2012. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/42b27cc0-a9e9-0133-2780-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Cassa Cassa" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/42b27cc0-a9e9-0133-2780-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2012). Cassa Cassa Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/42b27cc0-a9e9-0133-2780-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Cassa Cassa