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Jean-Léon Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company

Title
Jean-Léon Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company [electronic resource] / 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
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (83 min.) : sd., col.
Subject
  • Dance > Haiti
  • Music > Haiti
  • Dance > West Indies
  • Juba (Dance)
  • Banda (Dance)
  • Drummers (Musicians)
  • Carnival > Haiti
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Accompanied by house program.
  • 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.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Assistant choreographer, 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 (4:00 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
  • 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.
  • Spider dance / danced by Jacques Barbot. [Replaces Baptism of the drum.]
  • 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.
  • Drum session / performed by Ajibilu.
  • Ceremony Rada / performed by Jacques Barbot, Jean-Léon Destiné, and the company.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1360
OCLC
NYPY96-F342
Title
Jean-Léon Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company [electronic resource] / 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.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Kaufmann Theater, American Museum of Natural History, New York, on December 3, 1995 (4:00 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.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5073.
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Local Subject
Afro-Caribbean dancing.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Haiti.
Work dances.
Farmers' dances.
Harvest dances.
Contredanses.
Added Author
Destiné, Jean Léon, choreographer, dancer.
Walrond, Ajaibo, choreographer, dancer.
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.
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Afro-Haitian Dance Company.
American Museum of Natural History.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1360
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