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Jean-Léon Destiné (March 26, 1918 – January 22, 2013) [1] was a Haitian-born American dancer and choreographer.He was born in Saint-Marc and moved to the United States with the dance company of Lina Mathon-Blanchet in the early 1940s. [2]
Louis formed his own company, titled Gaspard and Dancers, in 2009 which is based in Durham, North Carolina. [4] [5] He and his company have performed at the Wake Forest Dance Festival, the Cape Fear Stage in Wilmington, the North Carolina Museum of Art, Duke University, the North Carolina Dance Festival, the American Dance Festival, and in Bermuda.
Viviane (or Vivianne) Gauthier (March 17, 1918 [1] – June 1, 2017 [2]) was a Haitian dancer and teacher of Haitian folkloric dance who studied Haitian folklore with Katherine Dunham-trained Lavinia Williams of which she is considered the heir. She eventually opened the Viviane Gauthier School of Dance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Haitian artist Paul Beaubrun, right, closes out Haiti’s Pap Jazz Festival in January 2023 in the northern city of Cap-Haitien. Beaubrun’s parents are members of the Grammy-nominated band ...
Cabane Choucoune is a cabaret and thatch-roofed club in Pétion-Ville, Haiti. [1] [2] It was built on 8 December 1940 by Max Ewald. [3] It is known as one of the best méringue dance clubs. [1] Historically, it has featured Haitian artists such as Nemours Jean-Baptiste as well as international entertainers. [4]
Compas (French pronunciation:; Haitian Creole: konpa dirèk; [2] French: compas direct), also known as konpa or kompa, is a modern méringue dance music genre of Haiti. [1] The genre was popularized by Nemours Jean-Baptiste following the creation of Ensemble Aux Callebasses in 1955, which became Ensemble Nemours Jean-Baptiste in 1957.
Jeanguy leads here. For the name Jean-Guy, see Jean-Guy. Jeanguy Saintus is a Haitian choreographer, dancer and dancing educator.. Saintus was born in 1964 in Port-au-Prince.He studied anthropology, sociology and languages, Haitian traditional dance, and classical, modern and contemporary technique.
Haiti's purchasing power parity GDP fell 8% in 2010 (from US$12.15 billion to US$11.18 billion) and the GDP per capita remained unchanged at PPP US$1,200. [1] Despite having a viable tourist industry, they may have converted into a public company (like listed with the Haitian Stock Exchange), or have seen a decline in sales, or at worst gone ...