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Imprint:New York : Cross Performance, Inc., c1997-2004.
Description:3 DVDs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:English
Series:Geography trilogy ; 1-3
Geography trilogy ; pt. 1.
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Format: DVD Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6663911
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Varying Form of Title:Geography : Africa/race
Other authors / contributors:Lemon, Ralph.
Diabaté, Djeli Moussa.
Djédjé, Djédjé.
Zou, Nai
Tchépoho, Goulei.
Tapé, Zaoli Mabo.
Funn, Carlos.
Cross Performance, Inc.
Yale Repertory Theatre.
651, An Arts Center.
New England Foundation for the Arts.
Notes:Originally released as a documentary film in 1997
Special features: visual art exhibits; video documentaries; web based art works; published books.
Recording made possible by the cooperation of the artists of Geography, Yale Repertory Theatre, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Videotaped in performance at the Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, Conn., on November 4, 1997 ; video director, Johannes Holub ; camera, Jenny Holub, Penny Ward.
Text, Tracie Morris ; soundscores, Francisco López, Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid ; sensors, Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, realized with Ralph Lemon ; sound design, Rob Gordon ; visual art, Nari Ward ; costume design, Liz Prince ; lighting, Stan Pressner ; production dramaturgy, Peter Novak and Katherine Profeta ; English/French interpretation, Orida Boukhezer-Diabaté.
Performed by Djeli Moussa Diabaté (from Guinea/U.S.) ; Djédjé Djédjé Gervais, Nai Zou, Goulei Tchépoho, Zaoli Mabo Tapé (from Groupe Ki-Yi M'bock, artistic director Werewere Liking, Côte d'Ivoire) ; Akpa Yves Didier "James," Kouakou Yao "Angelo" (from Ensemble Koteba, artistic director Souleymane Koly, Côte d'Ivoire) ; Carlos Funn, Ralph Lemon (from U.S.)
Live percussive music performed by Djeli Moussa Diabaté, Zaoli Mabo Tapé, Goulei Tchépoho, Carlos Funn.
Summary:Geography began with Ralph Lemon's exploration into African connections to his life as an African American, a search for personal and artistic identity; performed by nine male dancers and musicians against artist Nari Ward's backdrop of shimmering walls of bottles and mattresses.

Regenstein, 2nd and 3rd Floor Video/DVD Collection

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Call Number: DVD GV1785.385.G46 1997
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