Tribute to Jean Leon Destine

Dancer and anthropologist Joan Burroughs, who grew up in Alabama, was a Haitian dancer. "I was a student of Lavinia Williams at the University of New York. It was through her that I met Destine. He was the central element in my research, "said Burroughs, who had worked closely with the dancer in the 80s in high schools where she taught dance. "He is an inspiration and an extraordinary artist. What I like about him is the fluidity of his movements, particularly of the spine,” she explained to an attentive audience. The American had a chance to