Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Valladares, Armando.
2. Gay, Philip.
3. Estébanez, Natatcha.
4. Muñequitos de Matanzas (Musical group)
5. WGBH Educational Foundation.
6. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Performance by the Cuban music and dance group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, recorded in the WGBH television studio during its first tour of the United States. The performance is intercut with archival footage of Cuba, and interviews with artistic director Armando Valladares and some of the musicians. The program includes Valladares's description of the company's origins, and a brief history of the Cuban rumba, which was transplanted from Spain and fused with African traditions to emerge in its current form in the late 19th century. Valladares recalls the proscription on playing the rumba, coupled with racial prejudice, in Cuba of the 1940s and 50s. The performance presents examples of the three main styles of Cuban rumba--Guaguancó, Yambú, and Columbia--all of which integrate instrumental music, singing, and dancing.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Dance Theater Workshop.

Uniform title

1. Plaza (Television program)

Subject

1. Dance
2. Rumbas > Cuba
3. Muñequitos de Matanzas (Musical group)
4. Rumba (Dance) > Cuba
5. Video

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-8135

Note

1. La Plaza program #1507.

Credits (note)

1. Editor, Jacques Weissgerber. The U.S. tour of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas was made possible, in part, by the Suitcase Fund of Dance Theater Workshop, with major funding from the Rockefeller Foundation.

Event (note)

1. Recorded by WGBH on Nov. 5, 1993, and telecast on its series La plaza.

Language (note)

1. Interviews in Spanish with English subtitles.

Title

1. Los Muñequitos de Matanzas [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation ; studio director, Philip Gay ; produced by E. Natatcha Estébanez.

Imprint

1. Boston, Mass. : WGBH, c1993.

Credits

1. Editor, Jacques Weissgerber. The U.S. tour of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas was made possible, in part, by the Suitcase Fund of Dance Theater Workshop, with major funding from the Rockefeller Foundation.

Performer

1. Performed by Los Muñequitos de Matanzas: Gregorio Díaz (conga, bonkó echemilla), Jesús Alfonso (quinto, cajon, iya bata), Agustín Díaz (salidor, okonkolo bata), Bárbara Ramos (dancer, guagua), Ricardo Cané (singer, percussion), Alberto Romero (singer, clave), Israel Berriel G. (third voice), Israel Berriel J. (soloist, Brazilian bell), Ana Pérez (dancer, falsetto singer), Vivian Ramos (dancer, maruga), Diosdado Ramos (dancer, guagua), Rafael Navarro (soloist), Facundo Pelladito (dancer, percussion), Armando Valladares (artistic director).

Event

1. Recorded by WGBH on Nov. 5, 1993, and telecast on its series La plaza.

Language

1. Interviews in Spanish with English subtitles.

Added author

1. Valladares, Armando. Interviewee
2. Gay, Philip. Director
3. Estébanez, Natatcha. Producer
4. Muñequitos de Matanzas (Musical group)
5. WGBH Educational Foundation.
6. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

Added title

1. Plaza (Television program)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-8135