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[Haitian festival with Jean-Léon Destiné]

Title
[Haitian festival with Jean-Léon Destiné] [electronic resource]
Publication
[198-?]

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Additional Authors
  • Yarborough, Lavinia Williams.
  • Destiné, Jean Léon.
  • DHCA.
Description
2 streaming video files (NTSC) (83 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Interviews with Lavinia Williams and Jean-Léon Destiné, interspersed with footage of Afro-Caribbean dancing in the studio, including a duet by Williams and Destiné. This is followed by views of a modern dance class taught by a woman, who discusses her teaching, which is based on the technique of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis. The recording closes with an open-air performance combining dance, singing, drumming, and text, presented on the occasion of the return of the ashes of a revolutionary leader. Destiné is seen performing his Slave dance, a solo in which he sings and dances, on cassette 2.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewees: Lavinia Williams, Jean-Léon Destiné, unidentified woman.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in Haiti. Parts or all of this recording may have been included in a television program.
Language (note)
  • In French. Interview with Lavinia Williams in English with voice-over translation in French.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1363
OCLC
NYPY96-F422
Title
[Haitian festival with Jean-Léon Destiné] [electronic resource]
Imprint
[198-?]
Country of Producing Entity
Haiti.
Event
Recorded in Haiti. Parts or all of this recording may have been included in a television program.
Performer
Interviewees: Lavinia Williams, Jean-Léon Destiné, unidentified woman.
Language
In French. Interview with Lavinia Williams in English with voice-over translation in French.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5111.
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Added Author
Yarborough, Lavinia Williams. ive, dancer.
Destiné, Jean Léon. ive, dancer, choreographer.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1363
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