17504: VODOU DRUM AND DANCE GROUP PERFORMS ON DECEMBER 20 IN BROOKLYN (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Lois E Wilcken <makandal-ny@juno.com>

For immediate release

Contact:  Lois Wilcken, 718-953-6638, makandal-ny@juno.com

VODOU DRUM AND DANCE GROUP PRESENTS RISING SUN: NIGHT OF FIRE ON DECEMBER
20 IN BROOKLYN

La Troupe Makandal, New York's center for Afro-Haitian drum and dance,
presents Part Two (Night of Fire) of Rising Sun: a Vodou Drama of Death
and Rebirth in Three Parts.  Night of Fire presents Vodou rites common in
Haiti in late December.  Greet the Marasa, the Twins who represent
childhood, the twinned nature of humans (male and female, mortal and
immortal), and the division of the original cosmic whole.  Share in a
magical ben de chans (luck bath) prepared by the Petwo family, spirits of
fire.  This performance also salutes Haiti's bicentennial of
independence.  Drumming and song arrangements by award-winning Master
Drummer Frisner Augustin—"a spectacular drummer," according to the New
York Times. Choreography by Director of Dance and former Groupe RAM
member Mikerline Pierre.  Admission at the door: $15 general, $10
students/seniors/members; $5 children.  Seating is limited.  Reservations
recommended: 718-953-6638; makandal-ny@juno.com

Date and place:
Saturday, 20 December, 8 pm
South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford Street between Atlantic Avenue and
Hanson Place

Transportation:
Take the Brooklyn-bound local C to Lafayette Avenue.  Exit at the South
Oxford Street/Hanson Place stair.  Walk about 7 doors up from Hanson
Place to 138 South Oxford Street
or
Take the 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, W, N, R, to the Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street
stop; or the LIRR to Flatbush Avenue.  Exit at Hanson Place.  Walk along
Hanson Place toward the shopping mall 5 blocks to the traffic light, then
make a right onto South Oxford Street.  South Oxford Space is on your
right.
or
Take the G train to Fulton Street.  Walk 2 blocks up Fulton Street to
South Oxford Street, then make a right onto South Oxford.  Cross Hanson
Place.  South Oxford Space is on the right about 7 doors up from Hanson
Place.

Take the B25, B26, B38, B44, or B52 buses.  Call 718-330-1234 for further
information about bus routes.

Call 718-953-6638 or email makandal-ny@juno.com for information about
road travel.


Support from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National
Endowment for the Arts has made this program possible.