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Patakín

Title
Patakín [videorecording] / presented by the World Music Institute and the Suitcase Fund of Dance Theater Workshop ; artistic direction by Armando Valladares.
Publication
c1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Muñequitos de Matanzas (Musical group)
  • World Music Institute.
  • Dance Theater Workshop.
  • Video D Studios.
  • DHCA.
Description
3 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (123 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Performance of Afro-Cuban music and dance.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Dance Theater Workshop.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Music.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title misspelled as Patkin on frame.
  • Accompanied by house program. Dances on cassette 1 appear in slightly different sequence than on program ; performance also contains numbers not listed on program.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at Symphony Space, New York, on December 11, 1992, by Video D Studios.
Contents
  • Cassette 1 (ca. 57 min.). Vocal numbers and the following dance numbers, depicting various orishas (gods), many derived from the Yoruba pantheon: Elegguá's dance / guardian of passages, doors and crossroads, messenger to the supreme god Olofi -- Oggun arere / lord of the mountain, iron and war -- Ochun / goddess of fertility, beauty and love -- Babalu ayé / orisha worshipped by those with skin diseases -- Yemayá olordo / universal mother, queen of salt water and deep water -- Changó (king of Oyo) / lord of fire, virility, just war -- Elegguá (reprise). The final dance number appears to be Abakua ritual, including two masked dancers.
  • Cassette 2 (ca. 59 min.). Coros de clave -- The rumba cycle, including the dance numbers Guaguancó and Columbia, as well as other vocal and dance pieces -- End of the fiesta.
  • Cassette 3 (ca. 7 min.). Audience members join the performers onstage for impromptu dancing.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-6078
OCLC
NYPY99-F755
Title
Patakín [videorecording] / presented by the World Music Institute and the Suitcase Fund of Dance Theater Workshop ; artistic direction by Armando Valladares.
Imprint
c1992.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Symphony Space, New York, on December 11, 1992, by Video D Studios.
Performer
Performed by Los Muñequitos de Matanzas: Gregorio Diaz (conga, bonko echemilla), Jésus Alfonso (quinto, cajon, iya bata), Agustin Diaz (salidor, okonkolo bata), Barbara Ramos (dancer, guagua), Ricardo Cane (singer, percussion), Alberto Romero (singer, clave), Israel Berriel G. (third voice), Israel Berriel J. (soloist, Brazilian bell), Ana Perez (dancer, falsetto singer), Vivian Ramos (dancer, maruga), Diosdado Ramos (dancer, guagua), Rafael Navarro (soloist), Facundo Pelladito (dancer, percussion), Armando Valladares (artistic director).
Added Author
Muñequitos de Matanzas (Musical group)
World Music Institute.
Dance Theater Workshop.
Video D Studios.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-6078
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