Tag Archives: Haitian Dance

Call the Drum Spirit 2017

Posted on 12/06/2017 by makandal1758

Presented by Makandal, in partnership with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) and the Eugene Lang College at The New School Info+Tickets

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Banbòch Gede! Gede Bash! Celebrate the Day of the Dead, Haitian Style

Posted on 28/10/2016 by makandal1758

Makandal invites you to dance with the dead and rise again! Saturday, November 19, 8 pm – 1:30 am Tafari Tribe Globe Trade, 593 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn (map) For the third year in a row, we present our Banbòch Gede, … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Archive: Remembering Jocelyne

Posted on 18/08/2016 by makandal1758

Frisner popped the audiocassette into his car’s player, and the music started. “Le voix là, le voix les anges, le voix là, le voix les cieux, nous prions qui sous la terre, sous la terre comme dans les cieux, le … Continue reading →

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Call the Drum Spirit! Rele Ountò!

Posted on 21/05/2016 by makandal1758

The Third Annual Frisner Augustin Memorial Drum Concert Saturday, June 25, 8 PM Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at Third Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn (map) Who’s Playing? Bonga and Tiga Makandal Drummers with Taïna Ligondé Brother High Dreamteam Fulltempo What’s Screening? Video documentary … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Archive: Vodou in the Voodoo Theatre*

Posted on 09/12/2015 by makandal1758

She was planning the program with good intentions. “Do it just like you do it at home,” Verna Gillis told Frisner as we met with her in the run-up to our first performance at Soundscape, her loft in the Manhattan … Continue reading →

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