Homegrown Television Performance 12/8/08

Video clips from a December 2008 performance by Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo on a live broadcast of the Homegrown program, produced by television station GCTV in Greenfield, MA. Click on each video to play.


You can also view these video clips on Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo’s own YouTube channel at http://www.YouTube.com/GrupoPaloSanto.




Bembé para Elegua

Miguel Periche dancing Elegua, accompanied by a traditional Bembé rhythm.






Güiro para Ochún

Elizabeth Fernandez-O’Brien dancing Ochún, accompanied by a Toque de Güiro which features the Chéqueres.






Changó - The Thunder King

Miguel Periche dancing his Changó, accompanied by the thunder of Tambores Palo Santo.






Un Cuento Congo - “Esclavitud”

Part one of a three part dance theater suite depicting three different historical periods and states of being for Africans in Cuba: slavery, struggle and liberation.


This story-in-motion is told through the dances and rhythms of the Kongo/Bantú cultures of Central-West Africa which are at the heart of Afro-Cuban culture.






Un Cuento Congo - “Lucha”

Part two of a three part dance theater suite depicting three different historical periods and states of being for Africans in Cuba: slavery, struggle and liberation.


In this clip the theme of struggle is represented in the dances, rhythms and songs of Palo.






Un Cuento Congo - “Espíritu Libre”

The third and final part of a three part dance theater suite depicting three different historical periods and states of being for Africans in Cuba: slavery, struggle and liberation.


In this clip the theme of liberation (if not of the body, then at least of the spirit) is represented in the fiestas of Makuta and Yuka.






Babalú

Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo’s original interpretation of Margarita Lecuona’s classic composition from 1939.






Recuerdos de Malanga

Grupo Folklórico Palo Santo’s tribute to a legendary rumbero from the early years of the 20th century.






Carnaval en Oriente

A celebration of Carnaval en Oriente with the dance, rhythm and songs of Conga de Comparsa.