Haitian festival with Jean-Léon Destiné
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Title
Haitian festival with Jean-Léon Destiné
Collection
Names
Yarborough, Lavinia Williams (Interviewee)
Destiné, Jean Léon (Interviewee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1980 - 1989 (Approximate)
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1363
Subjects
Dance -- Haiti
Modern dance -- Haiti
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Interviews
Television Programs
Notes
Performers: Interviewees: Lavinia Williams, Jean-Léon Destiné, unidentified woman.
Venue: Recorded in Haiti. Parts or all of this recording may have been included in a television program.
Language: In French. Interview with Lavinia Williams in English with voice-over translation in French.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (Betacam SP) (83 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
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.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12591314
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c8101280-6f24-0131-3fd0-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Haitian festival with Jean-Léon Destiné" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980 - 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c8101280-6f24-0131-3fd0-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980 - 1989). Haitian festival with Jean-Léon Destiné Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c8101280-6f24-0131-3fd0-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Haitian festival with Jean-Léon Destiné" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c8101280-6f24-0131-3fd0-3c075448cc4b
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