A Tribute to Katherine Dunham
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Tribute and benefit performance in honor of dancer, choreographer, and ethnologist Katherine Dunham.
Alternate Title:
Ag'ya (Choreographic work : Dunham)
From the mud below (Choreographic work : Salaam)
From the mud below (Choreographic work : Salaam)
Additional Contributors:
Language:
English
Performers:
Master of ceremonies: Danny Glover.
Co-hosts: Cleo Parker Robinson, Eartha Kitt, Dr. Glory Van Scott, and Julie Belafonte.
Master of ceremonies: Danny Glover.
Co-hosts: Cleo Parker Robinson, Eartha Kitt, Dr. Glory Van Scott, and Julie Belafonte.
Notes:
Recording made possible by the cooperation of the Caribbean Cultural Center and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library
Cassette 1 (ca. 57 min.). Traditional drumming [and stilt dancing] / drummers, Joe Sircus and the Dunham Drum Ensemble: Omar Abdullah, Joe Barnes, Keith Burrell, James Cherry, and Ladji Camara ; stilt dancers, Message from Our Ancestors: Olukose Wiles and Clyde Wilder. Drum solo performed by Ladji Camara
Traditional libation / by Angela Fontanez
Introduction / by Danny Glover
A visual essay on Katherine Dunham / by Joe Nash, dance historian
Speech / by Leandra H. Abbott, assistant vice president of community relations and educational programs, Con Edison
Dance salute to the orixas of Brazil / performed by Roots of Brazil: Cabelo, Tisza, Rita Baiana, Lygia Barreto, Vanessa Falabella, Leslee Fiorella, Shauna Gray, Cherie Lock, Jimena Martinez, Tony Mola, Fabio Santos, Michelle Summers, and Michelle Tedd
Dance salute to the lwa of Haiti / performed by Jean Léon Destiné and members of his Afro-Haitian Dance Company: Jaques Barbot, Kevin Burrell, Vincent French, Barbara Fielding (stage manager), Rafael Nunez, Jean Remy, and Judith Samuel
Cassette 2 (ca. 59 min.). Dance salute to the lwa of Haiti [and] Chants for the lwa of Haiti / performed by Louines Louinis Haitian Dance Theatre: Nina Demosthenes, Myriam Dorisme, Barry Duke, Vincent French, Evena Guerrier, Colette Guishard, Martine Jabouin, Louines Louinis, Lucrece Lousdhom, Marc Machelier, Kissely Martinez, Claude Montreuix, and Karine Moran ; singers, Paulette Saint-Lot and Myriam Dorisme
Speech / by Cleo Parker Robinson
Speech / by Eartha Kitt
The smoke that thunders / drum solo composed and performed by Max Roach
Flowers of the Caribbean / performed by Marie Brooks Pan-Caribbean Dance Theater: Crystal Vincent, Chantal Vincent, Aisha Tike, Monique Williams, Kenyatta Claite, Leceike Rifkogel, Nia Prendergrass, Sekou Torbert, and Ade Torbert
Dangerous boys [listed on program as Dangerous--the three brothers] / performed by Finguens Youance, Pascal Youance, and Anthony Youance of Marie Brooks Pan-Caribbean Dance Theater
Cassette 3 (ca. 59 min.). Love 'n pain / performed by Philadanco [Philadelphia Dance Company]: Felise Bagley, Lynn Barre, Kim Bears, Joan Myers Brown, Debora Chase Hicks (director), Desiree Pina, Monique Rodriguez, Karen Savage, and Helen Schonbrun
From the mud below / choreography, Abdel R. Salaam ; performed by Dyane Harvey of Forces of Nature Dance Company
Introduction to l'Ag'ya / by Dr. Glory Van Scott
L'Ag'ya [excerpt] / choreography, Katherine Dunham ; performed by April Berry Burkey and others
Speech / by Julie Belafonte
Speech / by Katherine Dunham
Cassette 4 (ca. 49 min.). Music by Tito Puente and his Latin Jazz Ensemble, with Mongo Santamaria, special guest artist
Videotaped in performance at Town Hall, New York, on October 2, 1994, by Robert Shepard
Cassette 1 (ca. 57 min.). Traditional drumming [and stilt dancing] / drummers, Joe Sircus and the Dunham Drum Ensemble: Omar Abdullah, Joe Barnes, Keith Burrell, James Cherry, and Ladji Camara ; stilt dancers, Message from Our Ancestors: Olukose Wiles and Clyde Wilder. Drum solo performed by Ladji Camara
Traditional libation / by Angela Fontanez
Introduction / by Danny Glover
A visual essay on Katherine Dunham / by Joe Nash, dance historian
Speech / by Leandra H. Abbott, assistant vice president of community relations and educational programs, Con Edison
Dance salute to the orixas of Brazil / performed by Roots of Brazil: Cabelo, Tisza, Rita Baiana, Lygia Barreto, Vanessa Falabella, Leslee Fiorella, Shauna Gray, Cherie Lock, Jimena Martinez, Tony Mola, Fabio Santos, Michelle Summers, and Michelle Tedd
Dance salute to the lwa of Haiti / performed by Jean Léon Destiné and members of his Afro-Haitian Dance Company: Jaques Barbot, Kevin Burrell, Vincent French, Barbara Fielding (stage manager), Rafael Nunez, Jean Remy, and Judith Samuel
Cassette 2 (ca. 59 min.). Dance salute to the lwa of Haiti [and] Chants for the lwa of Haiti / performed by Louines Louinis Haitian Dance Theatre: Nina Demosthenes, Myriam Dorisme, Barry Duke, Vincent French, Evena Guerrier, Colette Guishard, Martine Jabouin, Louines Louinis, Lucrece Lousdhom, Marc Machelier, Kissely Martinez, Claude Montreuix, and Karine Moran ; singers, Paulette Saint-Lot and Myriam Dorisme
Speech / by Cleo Parker Robinson
Speech / by Eartha Kitt
The smoke that thunders / drum solo composed and performed by Max Roach
Flowers of the Caribbean / performed by Marie Brooks Pan-Caribbean Dance Theater: Crystal Vincent, Chantal Vincent, Aisha Tike, Monique Williams, Kenyatta Claite, Leceike Rifkogel, Nia Prendergrass, Sekou Torbert, and Ade Torbert
Dangerous boys [listed on program as Dangerous--the three brothers] / performed by Finguens Youance, Pascal Youance, and Anthony Youance of Marie Brooks Pan-Caribbean Dance Theater
Cassette 3 (ca. 59 min.). Love 'n pain / performed by Philadanco [Philadelphia Dance Company]: Felise Bagley, Lynn Barre, Kim Bears, Joan Myers Brown, Debora Chase Hicks (director), Desiree Pina, Monique Rodriguez, Karen Savage, and Helen Schonbrun
From the mud below / choreography, Abdel R. Salaam ; performed by Dyane Harvey of Forces of Nature Dance Company
Introduction to l'Ag'ya / by Dr. Glory Van Scott
L'Ag'ya [excerpt] / choreography, Katherine Dunham ; performed by April Berry Burkey and others
Speech / by Julie Belafonte
Speech / by Katherine Dunham
Cassette 4 (ca. 49 min.). Music by Tito Puente and his Latin Jazz Ensemble, with Mongo Santamaria, special guest artist
Videotaped in performance at Town Hall, New York, on October 2, 1994, by Robert Shepard
Statement of responsibility:
presented by the Caribbean Cultural Center and Con Edison in association with Town Hall
Characteristics:
4 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (224 min.) :,sd., col. ;,3/4 in.
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