Now I Am Without Weight: Excerpt from Katherine Dunham’s ‘Island Possessed’

By Katherine Dunham, Doubleday 1969, University of Chicago Press Edition 1994 | YouTube | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In 1936, Katherine Mary Dunham, a brilliant and adventurous young woman torn between dance and anthropology, went solo to Haiti to study primitive dance and ritual. Videos include Dunham in the dance sequence of Stormy Weather and in a 1962 interview.

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Astor Piazzolla’s Libertango: Music and Dance

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery | You Tube. Superb orchestral and dance performances of Astor Piazzolla’s Libertango are offered as a nod to the residents of Famatima and Chilecito whose protests have helped to save their lands and water from Canadian mining.

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Carnaval 2012: A Musical Indictment of Corruption in Haiti

Music by Don Kato, Boukman Eksperyans, Vwadezil | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Nearly every Haitian Carnival 2012 song is an indictment of the current state of affairs: corruption, cholera, rapes, MINUSTAH. We’re not partying to forget but to remember. (songs in Kreyol)

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Haitian Dance Performances by Karine LaBel & Company

Haiti Chery. Haitian dance: Karine LaBel & Company perform the Vodou-influenced Charaignee Caraibe and Namenlos.Karine LaBel & Company perform Charaignee Caraibe and Namenlos.Karine LaBel & Company perform Charaignee Caraibe and Namenlos.Karine LaBel & Company perform Charaignee Caraibe and Namenlos.

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