RARA TOU LIMEN DANCE COMPANY PROMO

Rara Tou Limen Dance Company would like to cordially invite you to our Repertory Concert Production and Master Class Series:

Limyè pou Ayiti...Lavi Kontinye! [Light for Haiti... Life Continues!]

Limyè pou Ayiti...Lavi Kontinye! is Rara Tou Limen's choreo-prayer and artistic offering to Haiti. Nineteen months later, the media's attention has shifted to other topics, while Haiti remains deeply wounded. Life has moved on for some, but for Haitian people, life will never be the same. We must continue to shed light on Haiti and remind our audiences through artistic expression, that Haiti still needs us!

The motivation behind this project stems from Rara Tou Limen's Artistic & Musical Director's personal and professional relationships with Haiti's artistic community, whom were severely affected by the earthquake.


Special Guests - DIRECT FROM HAITI!
Jeanguy Saintus - Artistic Director, Ayikodans
Linda Francois - Principle Dancer, Ayikodans

Visionary choreographer, dancer and educator, Jeanguy Saintus expresses the rich fusion of Caribbean culture and the contemporary life of his country through the exciting contemporary work that connects the spiritual and the physical and honors the human body. Mr. Saintus is celebrated 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.



Rara Tou Limen stands in solidarity with these artists by continuing to showcase the best of folkloric dance and music, which carries in it the stories, struggles, and spirit of the first free Black Republic in the world. Keeping the dance and musical traditions of Haiti alive is crucial to sustaining strength and solidarity with the people of the country. Rara Tou Limen continues to uplift a country whose culture has sustained the Bay Area's artistic community and beyond!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011 | 8PM
Laney College Theater
900 Fallon Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Admission: $20 Advance | $25 Door
Purchase Tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/196319

Limyè pou Ayiti Marketplace opens at 6:30!

Featuring:

Alouba
Ital Pinay
OooMami Flicks & Hansolo Creations
Maria Fatima Urbi
Nu-U Spirit Light
Zanmi Lakay
Healthy Brew for the Soul
and many more...

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Limyè pou Ayiti Master Classes with Jeanguy Saintus

Thursday, October 6 | 7p-8:30p * 3rd Flr, Studio C
Co-Sponsored by Dimensions Dance Theater
The Malonga Center | 1428 Alice Street, Oakland CA.

Sunday, October 9 | 2p-3:30p * 2nd Flr, Studio A
The Malonga Center | 1428 Alice Street, Oakland CA.

$15 per class

****This project is made possible by Theatre Bay Area CA$H Grant and Zellerbach Family Foundation****

KINSHIP PARTNERS
Rara Tou Limen Dance Company
Artistic Director/Choreographer: Portsha T. Jefferson
Musical Director: Daniel "Brav" Brevil
Artistic Collaborations: Jeanguy Saintus, Linda Francois of Ayikodans, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Latanya d. Tigner of Dimensions Dance Theater
Gloria Yamato
TDC (Teen Dance Company)

www.raratoulimen.com

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• haiti
• haitian dance
• afro haitian dance
• haitian folkloric dance
• haitian folklore
• haitian drumming
• haitian music
• rara tou limen
• portsha jefferson
• daniel brevil

[dumrah22]

This was Great to see! Healthy Haiti would loved to see the company go to Haiti. One one the best picture quality you tube screens I've seen

[carlosgogogomez]

Beautiful !!! Great Music and dance. Beautifully shot and presented!

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

[HAITIcherie1804]

BEL TRAVAY!!!!