Research Catalog
Dances, chants and drum rhythms of Haiti with Jean Léon Destiné
- Title
- Dances, chants and drum rhythms of Haiti with Jean Léon Destiné / presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; produced by Alan J. Pally.
- Publication
- 2004.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (88 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Lecture-demonstration on the many facets of Haitian dance and music. Jean Léon Destiné explores the historical and cultural background of the dances, songs, and instrumental pieces: the artistic heritage of the Africans brought to Haiti as slaves, the influence of their European masters, the reflection of the beliefs of voodoo or voudoun, the slaves' rebellion. The program includes: an invocation to Papa Legba and Papa Damballah, a work-song and dance, contredanse/Juba, merengue (Angelico), compas, rabodaille, mazoune, Congo paillette, yanvalou, nago, ibo, pas rigole, mahi, zépaules, Dahomey, Petro, and Banda. The audience is invited to participate onstage in the final dance.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Public Programs, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Subjects
- Contredanses
- Video
- Banda (Dance)
- Petro (Dance)
- Dahomey-zépaules (Dance)
- Zépaules (Dance)
- Mahi (Dance)
- Pas rigole (Dance)
- Ibo (Dance)
- Nago (Dance)
- Yanvalou (Dance)
- Congo paillette (Dance)
- Mazoune (Dance)
- Rabodaille (Dance)
- Compas (Dance)
- Merengue (Dance)
- Percussion music > Haiti
- Folk music > Haiti
- Folk dancing, Haitian
- Dance > Haiti
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on May 8, 2004; video documentation, Aram Tchobanian.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 1365
- OCLC
- NYPY04-F535
- Title
- Dances, chants and drum rhythms of Haiti with Jean Léon Destiné / presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; produced by Alan J. Pally.
- Imprint
- 2004.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Performer
- Speaker and performer: Jean Léon Destiné.Dancer: Nadia Dieudonné.Musicians: Damas (Fanfan) Louis (master drummer), Tiga Jean Baptiste (drummer-accompanist).Welcome speech by Alan J. Pally.
- Event
- Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on May 8, 2004; video documentation, Aram Tchobanian.
- Local Note
- Former call number: *MGZIA 4-7278.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Contredanses.
- Added Author
- Destiné, Jean Léon. spk, dancer. SingerDieudonné, Nadia, dancer.Louis, Damas Fan-fan. InstrumentalistJean-Baptiste, James Tiga. InstrumentalistPally, Alan J., producer.Pally, Alan J., speaker.Tchobanian, Aram, videographer.New York Public Library. Public Programs Division.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDF 1365