Haitian Dance

Here is the picture of Haitian Dance Viviane Gauthier. She hat been credited for keeping Haitian folklore dances alive such as Yanvalou, nago, rada.

Yanvalou, the Nago and the Rada are the names of three different forms of Haitian folk dance, different parts of voodoo drumming. Viviane Gauthier is a 97-year-old goddess of Haitian dance, a choreographer and a dance teacher. She has been credited for keeping these forms of Haitian folklore dances alive. Viviane is an inspirational example of the power and valuable influence of older people and she beautifully encapsulates core Haitian philosophy-- represents the immense contribution of the elderly in a society. She has represented Haitian folk dance all around the world. She is known as "the goddess of Haitian dance" because without her dedication for a long 75 years, it is believed that Haitian folklore dance would effectively be dead. She has completed her 97th birthday on March 17, 2015. Despite her age, Viviane Gauthier is an active figure in the dance community in Haiti.

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A dance group with the ability to capture deep emotion is Haiti's Ayikodans company

Through their performance, Ayikodans' dancers express their culture dance style, which blends the voodoo religion with various African, indigenous Indian and French influences.Haiti's Ayikodans company is an important cultural pillar.

Haiti's Ayikodans company performed at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami many times.

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One peace of culture that is very popular both in Haiti and the rest of the world is the Haitian dance. It has a rich variety of movement focused around the drum beats.
The role of the drum in Haitian dance is to provide the vibrating tones and rhythms. At the same time, it maintain the calm, balance, focus, sensuality, passion and excitement which make the dance so unique

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The dances and ritual in Saint Domingue, now Haiti were born to preserve sacred and social art forms, customs and beliefs as it was very hard for the slaves to maintain their culture during the colonization period. Many of these dances originated from Voodoo gods and goddesses (or L'wa) that are part of Haitian Vodou spirit. As a method to celebrate and influence these Lwas, various dance movements have been created over time

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Here is a picture of some Haitian dancers performing. The Haitian dance is tide to the culture, the rich and passionate history of the Haitian people. This form of dance is quite unique in a way, Haitian dance is the melding of diverse African styles and cultural traditions.

A little bit of history of the Caribbean island will show you these enormous variety that you find in the Haitian culture and dance. Traditions such as songs and dances we practice today came mainly from Congo and Dahomey

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