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Routes of rhythm, part 2

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Routes of rhythm

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Title
Routes of rhythm, part 2
Names
Belafonte, Harry, 1927- (Host)
Oviedo, Isaac, 1902-1986 (Performer)
López, Orestes, 1908- (Performer)
Jorrín, Enrique (Performer)
Rosow, Eugene (Producer)
Dratch, Howard (Producer)
Blank, Les (Director)
Tropicana (Night club : Havana, Cuba) (Event place)
Rosow, Eugene (Director)
Dratch, Howard (Director)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1989
Table of Contents
Development of Afro-Cuban music in Cuba, its relationship to political events, and its discovery by American visitors such as Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Interviews with and/or performances by the Martí Sisters; guitarist Isaac Oviedo; Orestes López, who composed the first mambo; and Enrique Jorrín, composer of the first cha-cha-cha; and the Orquesta Anacaona, an all-female group of singers and musicians. The blending of jazz and Cuban music is traced, from its beginnings in the 1880s with W. C. Handy and its continuation in the 1920s with Louis Armstrong. Dances depicted include the rumba, mambo, and cha-cha-cha, as well as dance performances at the Tropicana nightclub in Havana and at a parade.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3218
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3385 cassette 2 (former)
Topics
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
Rumba (Dance)
Mambo (Dance)
Cha-cha (Dance)
Music -- Latin America
Music -- Cuba
Dance -- Cuba
Processions
Latin Americans
Genres
Television programs
Motion pictures
Documentary films
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Music
Notes
Creation/production credits: Presented by KCET-TV/Los Angeles. Producers/directors: Eugene Rosow and Howard Dratch. New York and Cuban music and dance sequences directed and photographed by Les Blank. Writer: Linda Post. Host: Harry Belafonte.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 3/4 in.
Description
Part 2 of a three-part documentary on the history and development of Afro-Cuban music in Cuba and the United States, profusely illustrated with footage of ritual, social, and theatrical music and dance, drawn from archival sources or filmed on location.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Spanish, Castilian
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY936006849-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12174586
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 452a7bb0-b3bb-0136-0bb3-75742e4612bc
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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  • 1989: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Routes of rhythm" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22de182a-c46a-4615-920b-18ab6f36b0f3

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Routes of rhythm" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22de182a-c46a-4615-920b-18ab6f36b0f3

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). Routes of rhythm Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22de182a-c46a-4615-920b-18ab6f36b0f3

Wikipedia Citation

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Routes of rhythm