Stage-shakers! : Ghana's concert party theatre /

Stage-shakers! : Ghana's concert party theatre /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001.
Description:	1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Subject:	Performing arts -- Ghana. Traveling theater -- Ghana. Music -- Ghana. Dance -- Ghana. Dance. Music Performing arts. Traveling theater. Ghana.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8351946

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Varying Form of Title:	Ghana's concert party theatre Stageshakers!
Other authors / contributors:	Braun, Kwame. Cole, Catherine M. Indiana University. Press.
ISBN:	0253339227 9780253339225
Notes:	Incidental music by Kusum Agromma. Narrated by Catherine M. Cole; featuring Kwansakrom Anansegoro, Adehyeman Drama Troupe, People of Dorkrokyiwa, and others. DVD. English, Twi, and other African languages, with English subtitles.
Summary:	Documents Ghana's concert party theatre by showing backstage preparation, live performance footage, and interviews with performers. Historically the Ghanaian concert party, is a theatrical form that uses humor and music to tell stories conveying moral lessons. This contemporary form reveals the concert party as a dynamic form of entertainment that is in step with popular fashion, music, song, dance and social issues.

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

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Call Number:	DVD PN2990.4.S83 2001
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