Ballet on African odyssey to debut in New York.

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PC-53414

BALLET ON AFRICAN ODYSSEY TO DEBUT IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK--Ballet West, a new dance company making its New York debut

on Mar. 19 in African Sanctus, by British composer-explorer David Fanshawe, is shown rehearsing a sequence from the production.

The ballet is based on Mr. Fanshawe's 2,000-mile odyssey through

Africa and combines field recordings of over 50 African tribes within

a musical setting of the traditional Mass. The composer said, "Wherever

I went people were praising things -- that is what African music is

all about. It could be Christ or Mohammed, or something like love,

creation or cattle."

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RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO

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Title: Ballet on African odyssey to debut in New York.
Description: Ballet West, a new dance company making its New York debut on Mar. 19 in African Sanctus, by British composer-explorer David Fanshawe, is shown rehearsing a sequence from the production.
Creator: Kolnik, Paul. (photographer)
Date: 1980
circa March 19, 1980
Subject names: Religious News Service--Archives.
African Sanctus Ensemble.
Ballet West (U.S.)
Fanshawe, David, 1942-2010.
Topics: Ballet--New York (State)--New York.
Ballets--New York (State)--New York.
Ballet dancers--New York (State)--New York.
Ballet--Production and direction--New York (State)--New York.
Ballets--History and criticism.
Geographic subject: New York (State)
New York.
New York (N.Y.)
North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Geographic subject: New York (N.Y.)
Form: photographs
Type of resource: still image
Extent: photograph : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches
Physical location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53414; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-...
Rights status: IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53414
PID (Persistent Identifier): islandora:150159