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Haitian dance: history and tradition. Danse haïtienne: histoire et tradition

Title
Haitian dance: history and tradition. Conference, Vaudou artifacts: Vévés and Drapeaux (flags) ; [and] Panel presentation, Lavinia Williams, her history and contributions to Haiti [videorecording] = Danse haïtienne: histoire et tradition / presented by the Haitian Committee of Art and Folklore (Comité Haïtien Art et Folklore) ; seminar coordinator, Eileen Herzog-Bazin ; founder and president, Odette Latour Wiener.
Publication
c1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Déita.
  • Macdonald, Annette.
  • Herzog-Bazin, Eileen.
  • Wiener, Odette Latour.
  • Lindop, Timothy.
  • Haitian-American Academy of Ballet and Arts.
  • Comité haïtien art et folklore.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
  • Haitian dance: history and tradition (Seminar) (1997 : Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (63 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Presented as part of a week-long seminar, Haitian dance: history and tradition, focusing on the traditional dances of Haiti and the development of its theatrical performing arts history through the 20th century.
Series Statement
Haitian dance: history and tradition.
Alternative Title
Haitian dance: history and tradition. Conference on Vaudou artifacts: Vévés and Drapeaux (flags) ; [and] Panel presentation, Lavinia Williams, her history and contributions to Haiti
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • This tape also contains the first 34 min. of Panel presentation, Lavinia Williams, her history and contributions to Haiti. For the rest of this panel, see *MGZIA 4-3158.
  • The preservation of these videotapes was made possible through the cooperation of Eileen Herzog-Bazin, Comité Haïtien Art et Folklore, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
  • Title on frame: Conference: Vaudou artifacts: Vévés and Drapeaux (flags). The panel presentation on Lavinia Williams is not listed on frame.
  • Title on container: Conference on Vaudou artifacts: Vévés and Drapeaux (flags).
Performer (note)
  • Speakers: Mercedes Guignard "Déïta" ; Annette Macdonald.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Haitian-American Academy of Ballet and Arts, Port-au-Prince, Haïti, on April 4, 1997, by Timothy Lindop.
Language (note)
  • Credits in English and French ; Déïta's lecture in French with simultaneous translation in English ; Annette Macdonald's lecture in English with French translation.
Contents
  • Vaudou artifacts: Vévés and drapeaux (flags) (ca. 26 min.) / lecture by Mercedes Guignard "Déïta."
  • Lavinia [Williams]'s life before Haiti and contributions in Jamaica (ca. 34 min.) / first part of Panel presentation, Lavinia Williams, her history and contributions to Haiti ; beginning of a lecture by Annette Macdonald. For the rest of the panel, see *MGZIA 4-3158.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3157
OCLC
NYPY99-F472
Title
Haitian dance: history and tradition. Conference, Vaudou artifacts: Vévés and Drapeaux (flags) ; [and] Panel presentation, Lavinia Williams, her history and contributions to Haiti [videorecording] = Danse haïtienne: histoire et tradition / presented by the Haitian Committee of Art and Folklore (Comité Haïtien Art et Folklore) ; seminar coordinator, Eileen Herzog-Bazin ; founder and president, Odette Latour Wiener.
Imprint
c1998.
Country of Producing Entity
Haiti.
Series
Haitian dance: history and tradition.
Performer
Speakers: Mercedes Guignard "Déïta" ; Annette Macdonald.
Event
Videotaped at the Haitian-American Academy of Ballet and Arts, Port-au-Prince, Haïti, on April 4, 1997, by Timothy Lindop.
Language
Credits in English and French ; Déïta's lecture in French with simultaneous translation in English ; Annette Macdonald's lecture in English with French translation.
Added Author
Déita. Speaker
Macdonald, Annette. Speaker
Herzog-Bazin, Eileen. Director
Wiener, Odette Latour.
Lindop, Timothy.
Haitian-American Academy of Ballet and Arts.
Comité haïtien art et folklore.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
Haitian dance: history and tradition (Seminar) (1997 : Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3157
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