Jeanne Sperber performs Julio Racine's 'Tangente Au Yanvalou' Julio Racine was a Haitian flutist, conductor and composer. In this clip, Jeanne Sperber performs his piece, ‘Tangente au Yanvalou’.
Katherine Dunham, often hailed as the Matriarch of Black Dance, brought African cultures to American dance, like the Haitian dance and Rada traditions that inspired Yanvalou by composer Beth Denisch.