Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hughes, Melvada
2. Louinis, Louines
3. Walrond, Ajaibo
4. Marvellia, Marianne
5. Webb, Carolyn (Carolyn Jeannette)
6. Samuel, Judith
7. Destiné, Jean Léon
8. Afro-Haitian Dance Company.
9. Riverside Dance Festival.

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (90 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Subject

1. Ritual and ceremonial dancing > West Indies
2. Television > Echoes of Africa
3. Video
4. Afro-Caribbean dancing
5. Dance > Haiti
6. Voodoo dancing
7. Dance, Black > West Indies

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. On the plantations/divertissement / performed by Destiné and the company -- Baptism of the drum / performed by Melvada Hughes with Louinis, Sterlin and Walrond -- Fetiche / performed by Destiné -- Yoruba bakas / headpieces by George Mills ; performed by Walrond, Sterlin, and Louinis -- African suite / costumes, Walrond. Konkoba dance: Choreography and solo dancer: Louinis. Mask dance from the Ivory Coast: Choreography and solo dancer: Walrond -- Witch doctor / performed by Marianne Marvellia, Destiné, and the company -- Caribbean bambouche: Contredance, Steel drum, Rara/mazonne, Carnaval, and Banda / performed by the company -- Brazilero / performed by Carolyn Webb, Walrond, and ensemble -- Drum conversation / performed by drummer Alphonse Cimber -- The chosen one / performed by Judith Samuel, Louinis, and Destiné with the company.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4944

Event (note)

1. Taped in performance as part of the Riverside Dance Festival in November 1979, at Riverside Church, New York, N.Y.

Title

1. Echoes of Africa [videorecording] / choreography by Jean Léon Destiné.

Imprint

1. 1979.

Event

1. Taped in performance as part of the Riverside Dance Festival in November 1979, at Riverside Church, New York, N.Y.

Performer

1. Performed by Jean Léon Destiné and members of the Afro-Haitian Dance Company: Ajaibo Walrond, Marianne Marvellia, Louines Louinis, Benjamin Sterlin, Melvada Hughes, Carolyn Clemons, Una Satchell, Lynotte Pyettel, Morris drummers Alphonse Cimber, Louis Celestin, and Jacques Succes ; singers/percussionists Jean Alphonse and René Calvin ; and flutist Aluption Cadet.

Local subject

1. Television. Echoes of Africa.

Local subject

1. Afro-Caribbean dancing.
2. Voodoo dancing.
3. Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- West Indies.

Added author

1. Hughes, Melvada, dancer.
2. Louinis, Louines, dancer.
3. Walrond, Ajaibo, choreographer, dancer.
4. Marvellia, Marianne, dancer.
5. Webb, Carolyn (Carolyn Jeannette), dancer.
6. Samuel, Judith, dancer.
7. Destiné, Jean Léon, choreographer, dancer.
8. Afro-Haitian Dance Company.
9. Riverside Dance Festival.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4944