23563: Wilcken: VODOU DRUM AND DANCE GROUP PRESENTS DAY OF THE DEAD IN BROOKLYN (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

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

VODOU DRUM AND DANCE GROUP PRESENTS RISING SUN: DAY OF THE DEAD ON
NOVEMBER 13 IN BROOKLYN

La Troupe Makandal, New York's center for Afro-Haitian drum and dance,
presents Part One (Day of the Dead) of its fifth annual Rising Sun: A
Vodou Drama of Death and Rebirth in Three Parts.  Day of the Dead
celebrates Gede (pronounced Gay-day), the eternal figure in black, the
trickster who confounds life and death, the cosmic comedian.  This year
Gede meets the beautiful and arrogant Arachne.  Enticed by Gede to a
midnight party in the cemetery, Arachne experiences a powerful
life-and-death transformation.

Drumming and song arrangements by NEA Heritage Fellow Master Drummer
Frisner Augustin.  Dance pieces choreographed with visiting artist Pierre
Desrameaux, formerly of Haiti's National Folkloric Troupe.  Light
refreshments and artwork for sale.  Admission at the door: $15 general,
$10 students/seniors; $5 children age 12 and under.  Reservations
recommended: 718-953-6638; makandal-ny@juno.com

Date and place:
Saturday, 13 November, 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 Folk Arts Program of the New York State Council on the
Arts has made this program possible.  It is also funded in part through
the Meet the Composer Fund program with the generous support of the
National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, NYC
Department of Cultural Affairs and the Jerome Foundation.