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Colonial Haitian/Cuban Dance this Sunday, August 9, 2020

August 6, 2020 by cturocy

Marcea Daiter, Catherine Turocy and Valery Shelton Tabor

Join us this weekend on Sunday, August 9th and experience Haitian, Cuban, French,Spanish and English culture fused into one dance form, the contredanse of the late 18th century in the French colonies. Marcea Daiter and I have been working since we first met in the late 1990’s, producing workshops and performances inspired by colonial artists in the Caribbean including Joseph Boulogne also known as the Chevalier de Saint Georges. We are delighted to have her again at our workshop on zoom.

Class Description:

Haitian/Cuban Baroque Dance Class 

When Africans were brought to Haiti and Cuba as slaves, they carried their rituals and cultural traditions. Songs and dances from many parts of Africa mixed and fused, creating new expressions as they began to incorporate French and Spanish colonial culture. Daiter is one of the few dancer/scholars working with this historical material which she will share with students through her dance class.

This class will be followed by a lecture from Joan Walton whom we are delighted to have as a teacher at our workshop for the first time!

Lecture: Fusion dances, when two cultures collide.

African dance/Colonial dance and its evolution in the New World. Both North and South America participated in the transportation and enslavement of Africans in the Americas. The resulting fusion dance forms evolved into dramatically different forms from North to South America. Trace the history of the Samba, the Lindy Hop, and other fusion forms as they evolve from the complicated combinations of African and European dances.

Tuition for the workshop is only $25. For more details and to register click here: https://nybaroquedance.org/historical-dance-at-play-welcome-home/

The NYBDC hopes to continue its work in this area: https://nybaroquedance.org/gallery-and-videos/soiree-baroque-en-haiti/

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