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Additional authors

1. Dunham, Katherine.
2. Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.
3. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (93 min.) : sd. and si., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Series statement

1. Katherine Dunham Centers Collection

Subject

1. Spirit possession > Haiti
2. Vodou > Haiti

Contents

1. Cassette 1. Lavé tête ceremony (ca. 56 min.) / recorded in the houngfor [temple] peristyle at [Habitation] Leclerc, Katherine Dunham's estate in Haiti ; attendees: Katherine Dunham, Père Vincent, Katherine Dunham's godfather André Vilmé, others. Views of wall paintings, ritual objects, and preparations precede the ceremony (first 17 min. of tape). The ceremony incorporates singing, dancing and drumming.
2. Cassette 2. Lavé tête ceremony, continued (ca. 10 min.) -- Views of a garden and house [Habitation Leclerc?], followed by footage of another ceremony with dancing and drumming, which includes women who appear to be possessed. This footage is silent. The final 3 min. depict a social gathering around a pool ; Katherine Dunham is present.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5207

Note

1. Originally filmed on Super 8mm ; transferred to videotape by the Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in 2000.

Event (note)

1. Filmed in Haiti in the 1970s or 1980s.

Title

1. Katherine Dunham request of special lavé-tête ceremony because of illness [videorecording] / [presented by] the Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.

Imprint

1. 1970s or 1980s.

Country of producing entity

1. Haiti.

Series

1. Katherine Dunham Centers Collection

Event

1. Filmed in Haiti in the 1970s or 1980s.

Added author

1. Dunham, Katherine.
2. Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.
3. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5207