Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship

Index

Index Note: Page numbers in italics indicate a photograph or chart. Photographs are located after page 92, and each is indicated in its order following that page, by a decimal point and a number (for example, 92.3 is on the third page following page 92). Abakuá/Carabalí, 142–43 Abbad y Lasierra, Iñigo, 47 Abrahams, Roger, 65 Acogny Cree, Germaine, 10 Acordeon, Mestre, 9, 36, 167 Affranchi, 60, 206n85 affranchi (dance), 44, 45, 60, 206n85 afoxés, 125–26, 127 African beliefs and values, 132–36 African Christianity, 136, 141–42 African dance canon of fine form. See Gottschild, Brenda; Thompson, Robert; Welsh-Asante, Kariamu African dance qualities, structure, and movement: classifications and comparisons , 14, 44–45; coloniality and values, 36; commonalities, 14–16, 44–45; Congo/Angola dance research potential, 210n11; “coolness” characteristic, 74–75, 133–34; creation v. variation in Diaspora dance, 67–69; identifying qualities, 14– 16, 44–45; queen performance, 71–72; shared movements, 14–16, 44–45; structure , 15, 45; Suriname as African cultural and dance preservation site, 149–50. See also entries for specific dances, histories, nations, researchers, and publications African dance studies, 37–38. See also entries for specific nations, researchers, and scholars African Diaspora nations, 133, 138 African divinities, 133 African nations, 142 African performers, 9–11 Afro-Brasilieros, 36, 125, 126, 167–68 Afrogenic analyses, 129 Afro-Latin territories dance studies, 35–37 aguinaldo, 109. See also Carnival dance Aguirre Beltrán, Gonzalo, 37 Ahye, Molly, 7, 28, 139 Aikens, Vannoy, 24 Ailey, Alvin, 13 Ajayi, Omofolabo, 38 Alén Rodriguez, Olavo, 54, 96 Aleong, Rhetta, 182 Aling, Marlene Li, 182–83 Allende-Goitía, Noel, 47 Almeida, Bira “Acordeon,” 9, 36, 167 Alonso, Alicia, 182 Alvin Ailey School, 18 American Colonial Heritages and African Dance, 4 American dance education, 39 ancestor reverence, 75, 133–34, 138, 140, 152–53 Angola, 36 Angolas, 70–71 Antourel, Josiane, 6, 183 Aparicio, Frances, 31 Arada (Bight of Benin), 138 254 index Ara Ketu, 126 Argentina, 36, 37 Arslanian, Sharon, 39 Aruba, 146–47 Association of Caribbean States, 186–87 Atlantic Afro-Latin sacred practices, 147–55 Augustin, Frisner, 188 Austerlitz, Paul, 31 author conclusion, 194–95 Averill, Gage, 121–22 Ayala family, 6 bachata, 58, 68, 176 Badaró, Luis, 8, 9 Bahia: Africa in the Americas (video), 39 baile de maní, 164 baile de palo, 145–46 bailia de lei, 66–67 balancé, 56 Balé Folclórico, 9 ballet, 173 Ballets Africains of Guinea, Les, 18, 24, 200n19 Ballets Senegalais, Les, 18 bals, 60 bamboula, 8, 45 Banda (Gold Coast of Congo/Angola), 138 Barbados, 50, 207n109 Barnes, Elendar, 24 Barton, Hal, 31, 79 Bascom, William, 132 Basse-Wales, Marie, 10 Bastide, Roger, 133 bastonero, 54, 56 batarumba/batarumbasón, 93 Battle, De Ama, 12, 24 Baxter, Ivy, 182 b-boy dancing, 130, 131 Beatty, Talley, 12 Beckford, Ruth, 12, 24 Begho, Felix, 38 Belafonte, Julie, 24 belair, 64, 71 bele, 6, 33, 61–63, 64, 92.1, 206n92, 206n102 bele/belair, 64, 71 bele linó, 61, 62, 67, 68, 92.1 belén, 57 Belize, 37 Benin, 10 betiz, 121, 216n50 Bettelheim, Judith, 69 b-girl dancing, 130, 131 Big Drum of Carriacou, 137–38 Big Drum rituals, 138–39 Bight of Biafra, 159–60 biguine, 63, 80–81 Bilby, Ken, 65, 127, 212n1, 218n40 Blacking, John, 37, 38 Black Orpheus (film), 39 “Black performance,” 12 blanquear, 54 blocos, 36, 125–26 blocos afro, 126, 127 Blou, Léna, 6, 183 Blum, Odette, 27 Blunden, Jeraldyne, 12 Boas, Franz, 20–21 body/mind centering, 159–60 Bolívar, Natalia, 133 bomba: African heritage, 210n11; as Caribbean Creole creation, 68; contradanza relationship, 56–59; drums, 143–44; Puerto Rico, 6, 68, 79–80, 205n74; seizes relationship, 56–57; spread of, 17 bomba sicá, 57 Bonaire, 33, 35, 146–47 bongo, 139 Borde, Percival, 182 Boro, Seydou, 10 boulangé, 63 boulangère, 63 Boys’ Harbor, 18 Brandon, George, 132, 141 Brazil: African spiritual connection, 132, 133; Candomblé, 35, 36, 125–26, 148– 49; capoeira, 9, 35, 36, 131, 167–68; Carnaval political agendas, 127; Carnival dance, 123–27; dance research, 36; frevo, 126–27; maculelê, 167–68; maracatú, 126–27; orixá movements, 124; performers , 8–9; ritual Diaspora dance, 147–49; samba, 123–24; trios elétricos, 127; Yoruba sacred dances, 132 break dance, 13, 130 Brown, Blanche, 6 Brown, Joan Myers, 12 Brown, Ron K., 18 index 255 Brown...