BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE
PRESENTING THE CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE ENSEMBLE IN A 60 MINUTE PERFORMANCE WITH A TALK BACK AFTER THE SHOW
Haitian master choreographer Jeanguy Saintus explores the
concept of fusion – of bodies, souls, communities and cultures – and its
potential to create solidarity, openness, and hope. Choreographed to the music
of Ti Coca, Eddy François, Markus Schwartz & Erol Josué, Toto Bissainthe,
and Manuel Césaire, the work blends elements of folk performance, free
improvisation, voodoo religion, African, French and indigenous Indian
influences.
February 16th - Premiere Performance - 7:30pm
February 17th - Master Workshops
Youth Workshop (Ages 10-12): 11am - 12:15pm
Teen/Adult Workshop: 12:45 - 2:30pm
Jeanguy Saintus (Choreographer) As choreographer, dancer and
educator, Mr. Saintus expresses the rich fusion of Caribbean culture and the
contemporary life of his country through the body. Having studied anthropology,
sociology and languages, Haitian traditional dance, classical, modern and
contemporary technique, Mr. Saintus founded Cie Ayikodans, a group that has
matured over 20 years, establishing a centre and training program.
Saintus
continuously pushes the limits of modern dance. Folk performance, free
improvisation, voodoo religious culture and varied African, indigenous Indian
and French influences are found in his work and his Haitian-Contemporary
technique offers a unique vocabulary. Saintus’ has significantly developed
Caribbean dance, rooting it in the region’s historical experience while
exploring subjects such as the experience of people dying of Aids, the long
journey to freedom, and tensions between ancestral forces and contemporary
rituals. His works connect the spiritual with the physical, honoring the human
body, for expanding the possibilities of the dance medium and fostering young
talent, and for inspiring pride in the strength, beauty and richness of Haitian
identity.
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