Research Catalog

Title

Haitian dance: history and tradition. Conference, Katherine Dunham, 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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Details

Additional Authors

• Dunham, Katherine.
• Gomez, Tommy.
• Godboldo, Penny
• 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 (35 min.) : sd. and si., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Speech by Katherine Dunham, including a dance demonstration by Penny Godboldo, and silent video footage of dancers and musicians on the street. 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 Katherine Dunham, her history and contributions to Haiti

Subjects

• Video
• Dance > Haiti

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• 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.
• Six camera original videotapes from this conference were destroyed by fire. Fortunately, a portion of each of the six videotapes had been transferred to VHS before the fire. This session is missing a section from the beginning of the panel. Some of the missing section, located on the VHS videotape, was added to this videotape.
• Title on frame: Conference, Katherine Dunham: her history and contributions to Haiti.
• Title on container: Conference on Katherine Dunham, her history and contributions to Haiti.

Performer (note)

• Guest speaker: Katherine Dunham, with Tommy Gomez and Penny Godboldo.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the Haitian-American Academy of Ballet and Arts, Port-au-Prince, Haïti, on April 5, 1997, by Timothy Lindop.

Language (note)

• In English and French.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3166

OCLC

NYPY99-F482

Title

Haitian dance: history and tradition. Conference, Katherine Dunham, 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

Guest speaker: Katherine Dunham, with Tommy Gomez and Penny Godboldo.

Seminar musicians: Jean Marie Brignol, Joseph Brignol, Jacques Fontilus, Saül Jean-Pierre, Julien Rodrique, Maurice Saintelus.

Event

Videotaped at the Haitian-American Academy of Ballet and Arts, Port-au-Prince, Haïti, on April 5, 1997, by Timothy Lindop.

Language

In English and French.

Added Author

Dunham, Katherine. Speaker

Gomez, Tommy. Speaker

Godboldo, Penny, dancer.

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 4-3166