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Jean-Léon Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company

Title
Jean-Léon Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company [videorecording] / presented by the Education Department of the American Museum of Natural History ; artistic direction and choreography by Jean-Léon Destiné.
Publication
c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Destiné, Jean Léon
  • Walrond, Ajaibo
  • Barbot, Jacques
  • Clemons, Carolyn
  • Webb, Carolyn (Carolyn Jeannette)
  • Da Silva, Mari
  • Carey, Angela
  • Samuel, Judith
  • Bonga (Drummer)
  • Fanfan.
  • Ajibilu.
  • Cadet, Aluption.
  • Ward, Penny
  • Afro-Haitian Dance Company.
  • American Museum of Natural History.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
  • DHCA.
Description
2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (66 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Accompanied by house program. The last two items on the program, Drum session and Ceremony Rada, were not performed due to lack of time.
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of Jean-Léon Destiné, the Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Credits (note)
  • Assistant choreographer, Ajaibo Walrond ; costumes for Baptism of the drum, Ajaibo Walrond.
Performer (note)
  • Performed by the Jean Léon Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company: Jean-Léon Destiné, Ajaibo Walrond, Jacques Barbot, Carolyn Clemons, Carolyn Webb, Mari Da Silva, and Angela Carey, with drummers Bonga, Fanfan, and Ajibilu, and flutist Aluption Cadet.
  • Guest artist: Judith Samuel.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at Kaufmann Theater, American Museum of Natural History, New York, on December 3, 1995 (2:00 PM), by Penny Ward.
Funding (note)
  • Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Contents
  • Cassette 1 (ca. 38 min.). Introductory remarks / by Jean-Léon Destiné.
  • On the plantation: Kombit / danced by the company -- Libation / danced by Carolyn Clemons, Ajibilu, and the company.
  • Village festival / danced by Carolyn Clemons, Carolyn Webb, Jean-Léon Destiné, and the company.
  • Fantaisie musicale / instrumental work played by Aluption Cadet.
  • Baptism of the drum / danced by Judith Samuel with Carolyn Webb, Carolyn Clemons, and Angela Carey.
  • Cassette 2 (ca. 28 min.). Chant/drum / performed by Fanfan and Bonga with audience participation.
  • Caribbean Bamboche: Contredance/Juba (Haiti, Martinique, Guadaloupe) / danced by Carolyn Webb, Jean-Léon Destiné, Carolyn Clemons, Ajaibo Walrond, Mari Da Silva, and Jacques Barbot -- Vaccines (bamboo trumpets) / performed by Jacques Barbot, Aluption Cadet, and Bonga -- Carnaval (West Indies) / music, Scorpio Ensemble ; danced by Carolyn Webb and the company -- Banda (dance of the Guèdè) / danced by Jacques Barbot and the company.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-5074
OCLC
NYPY96-F341
Title
Jean-Léon Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company [videorecording] / presented by the Education Department of the American Museum of Natural History ; artistic direction and choreography by Jean-Léon Destiné.
Imprint
c1995.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Performed by the Jean Léon Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company: Jean-Léon Destiné, Ajaibo Walrond, Jacques Barbot, Carolyn Clemons, Carolyn Webb, Mari Da Silva, and Angela Carey, with drummers Bonga, Fanfan, and Ajibilu, and flutist Aluption Cadet.
Guest artist: Judith Samuel.
Credits
Assistant choreographer, Ajaibo Walrond ; costumes for Baptism of the drum, Ajaibo Walrond.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Kaufmann Theater, American Museum of Natural History, New York, on December 3, 1995 (2:00 PM), by Penny Ward.
Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Local Subject
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Haiti.
Work dances.
Farmers' dances.
Harvest dances.
Contredanses.
Afro-Caribbean dancing.
Added Author
Destiné, Jean Léon, choreographer, dancer. Speaker
Walrond, Ajaibo, choreographer, dancer. Costume designer
Barbot, Jacques, dancer.
Clemons, Carolyn, dancer.
Webb, Carolyn (Carolyn Jeannette), dancer.
Da Silva, Mari, dancer.
Carey, Angela, dancer.
Samuel, Judith, dancer.
Bonga (Drummer)
Fanfan. Instrumentalist
Ajibilu. Instrumentalist
Cadet, Aluption. Instrumentalist
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Afro-Haitian Dance Company.
American Museum of Natural History.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-5074
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