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. Geography : Performed by Djeli Moussa Diabaté (Guinea/U.S.) ; from Groupe Ki-Yi M'bock, Côte d'Ivoire : Djédjé Djédjé Gervais, Nai Zou, Goulei Tchépoho, Zaoli Mabo Tapé, (artistic director Werewere Liking) ; from Ensemble Koteba, Côte d'Ivoire : Akpa Yves Didier "James," Kouakou Yao "Angelo" (artistic director Souleymane Koly) ; Carlos Funn, Ralph Lemon (from U.S.) ; Live percussive music performed by Djeli Moussa Diabaté, Zaoli Mabo Tapé, Goulei Tchépoho, Carlos Funn. Tree : Performed by Bijaya Barik (India), Carlos Funn (U.S.), Djédjé Djédjé Gervais (Côte d'Ivoire), Yeko Ladzepko-Cole (U.S.), Ralph Lemon (U.S.), Le Wen Yi (China), Manoranjan Pradhan (India), Asako Takami (Japan/U.S.), David Thomson (U.S.), Wang Liliang (China), Wen Hui (China), Cheng-Chieh Yu (Taiwan/U.S.) ; music performed by Wang Liliang, Li Wen Yi, Bijaya Barik, Carlos Funn, Yeko Ladzepko-Cole. Come home Charlie Patton : Performed by Djédjé Djédjé Gervais , Darrell Jones, Ralph Lemon, Gesel Mason, Okwui Okpokwasili, David Thomson. Geography : Videotaped in performance at BAM Majestic Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, December 12, 1997. Tree : Videotaped in performance at Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, October 26, 2000. Come home Charley Patton : Videotaped in performance at BAM Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, October 29, 2004.
Contents:
Disc 1 : Geography (99 min.) -- Disc 2 : Tree (99 min.) -- Disc 3 : Come home Charlie Patton (93 min.)
Summary:
"The Geography Trilogy is the fruit of a 9-year investigation that followed [Ralph] Lemon's 1995 decision to disband his postmodern dance company and search for a new relationship to his work...The thematic questions of The Geography Triology - questions about the possibility of intercultural collaboration, the problems of translation, the allegiances of race, and the power and reliability of memory- are not likely to be answered definitively in dance...But the medium of dance allows these questions to resonate, and Lemon has certainly attained his primary goal, which was to open a conversation." - Katherine Profeta, from insert.
Series:
Geography trilogy ; 1-3.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)256491863
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.