Category: Videographer
Splash! Preview
Just for fun, we tried on some of the costumes we’ve been making this year and paraded around the Barry campus. Look out for the real Splash! on November 23!
Anansi and the Sky God
In Spring 2014, Carnival Arts explored the folktales, music, dance, and visual art of the Ashanti people of Ghana. The Ashanti made up a significant portion of the people who were abducted in the black Atlantic slave trade, so there is a strong Ashanti presence in the cultures of the Americas. We were blessed to […]
Areito Workshop 2013
Areito is not strictly speaking a carnival — but it has all the elements of a carnival: dancing, drumming, masks, and poetry. Areito was a performance style practiced by the Arawaks, native inhabitants of the Caribbean when Columbus arrived. In Fall 2013, young artists from Miami Bridge explored the traditions of Arawaks, reciting and writing […]
Maroon Chronicles – Part III
The thrilling conclusion of the Maroon Chronicles.
Maroon Chronicles – Part II
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Trini and Peruvian Workshops in Homestead 2010
Dog on the Neck – Acoustic Mix
For this version of the Carnival Arts music video, “Dog on the Neck,” Fernando Landeros played piano. Damian Rojo directed. Photo: Maydelaine
Urban Carnival – Dog on the Neck
In the docks of Havana, a hundred or so years ago, the original rumberos would improvise songs about the news of the day, always keeping with the beat of the drums. So Carnival Arts came up with a song about the news around Miami Bridge and a neighbor, who had an unusual way of getting […]
Maroon Chronicles – The Movie
Mariama and Youssou, two teenagers in love, are abducted from their village in Senegal and sold into slavery at different plantations on a Caribbean island. Each escapes with the help of friends, but the slavers chase after them. Will they find freedom? Will they find each other? Watch and see.