The show is a display of traditional and ritual drumming, singing and dancing from West Africa presented by a group of Ghanaian musicians.... ...
1973
This musical travels through the life and times of jazz music. In the words of its central character, the Engineer, 'it started in the... ...
Mervyn Nelson
1955
This was a Caribbean Season that included bot a comedy by Douglas Archibald set in the Caribbean, and a Review featuring a steel band,... ...
Douglas Archibald (Junction Village) and Edric Connor (Caribbean Review).
1955
This musical, devised by English actor, dancer and designer Hedley Briggs, was the first to be based on a West Indian subject with a... ...
Hedley Briggs (choreographer). Music by Ronnie Hill. Book by Rodney Hobson
1948
Originally produced in New York in 1927, this musical tells the story of the Cotton-Blossom, a show-boat performing up and down the... ...
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Additional lyrics by PG Wodehouse. Music by Jerome Kern. Based on Edna Ferber's book.
1928
The performance starred Florence Mills and The Famous Plantation Orchestra presenting several numbers portraying life in the American Deep... ...
George W. Meyer
1926
This musical expanded from a cabaret floorshow which begun at the Plantation Club in New York City where it opened in 1922 with the title... ...
Morris Harvey, Harold Simpson and Lauri Wylie
1923
The production presented a unique review of dances from the West Indies, South America and West Africa based on Katherine Dunham's in depth... ...
Katherine Dunham (choreogapher)
1948
The musical comedy about a fraudulent scheme to return discontented black people to Africa. It was performed by a cast of about one hundred... ...
Book by Jesse Shipp. Lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Will Marion Cook and Alex Rogers. Music by Will Marion Cook, Bert Williams and George Walker.
1903
The production included the pieces Drumscore and Sulkari, directly connected to traditional dances originating in Africa. In particular,... ...
Rex Nettleford (Drumscore) and Eduardo Rivero (Sulkari).
1986
The production (which offered the organiser the opportunity to publicise the Second World Black and African Festival of Culture and the... ...
1973
This dance piece was presented by one of the most influential American dance theatre companies, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre,... ...
Alvin Ailey (choreographer)
1964