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Viviane Gauthier never married or had children. She offered several reasons for this to Al Jazeera and to Haitian documentarian Arnold Antonin: she liked to be free of her movements and she liked to be the boss. She even admitted to being a little self-centered and did not believe her lifestyle as a |
Viviane Gauthier never married or had children. She offered several reasons for this to Al Jazeera and to Haitian documentarian Arnold Antonin: she liked to be free of her movements and she liked to be the boss. She even admitted to being a little self-centered and did not believe her lifestyle as a researcher compatible with the home bound life expected of married women of her time. <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><references /> |
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Revision as of 22:04, 1 June 2017
Viviane Gauthier (March 1918 - June 1, 2017) was a Haitian dancer and teacher of Haitian folkloric dance who studied Haitian folklore with Katherine Dunham-trained Lavinia Williams in her youth and eventually opened the Viviane Gauthier School of Dance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She is credited for having championed Haitian folkloric dance as its own discipline, deserving of recognition and preservation despite pressures for it to incorporate modern dance. She has also been credited for keeping Haitian dances such as Yanvalou, Nago and Rada alive. One of her students has opened a dance company in Paris and another is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in the United States.[1]
Viviane Gauthier believed that the Yanvalou dance was the basis of all of the other Haitian dances. She worried that the authentic Ibo dance was under threat of extinction.[2]
Early life and career
Viviane Gauthier started dancing at the age of 30, a relatively late start explained by her father's death when she was young, a circumstance which caused her to have to work to help support the family. [2] She was the grand-daughter of Haitian President Florvil Hyppolite but did not find out until age 30. [2] She grew up in Cap-Haitien. [2] She studied accounting at the Maurice Laroche school and practiced as an accountant for 21 years.
Personal Life
Viviane Gauthier never married or had children. She offered several reasons for this to Al Jazeera and to Haitian documentarian Arnold Antonin: she liked to be free of her movements and she liked to be the boss. She even admitted to being a little self-centered and did not believe her lifestyle as a researcher compatible with the home bound life expected of married women of her time. [1][2]
- ^ a b "Magazine: A leap of faith". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ^ a b c d e Antonin, Arnold (2011). "Six Femmes d'Exception". http://www.haitianbookcentre.com/bookbag/details.php?bookid=2031&CategoryID=15. Centre Pétion Bolivar.
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