24007: Wilcken: (announce) HAITIAN DRUM AND DANCE GROUP LAUNCHES CARNIVAL ON JANUARY 8 IN BROOKLYN (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

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


La Troupe Makandal, New York's center for Afro-Haitian drum and dance,
presents Part Three (Carnival Dawn) of Rising Sun: a Vodou Drama of Death
and Rebirth in Three Parts.  Carnival Dawn marks the transition from
winter ceremonials to pre-vernal rites, and it salutes Haiti's
Independence Day, January 1, a day that also signaled the demise of
slavery throughout the region.  Experience a Caribbean-style Twelfth
Night as we cut the cake for the Three Kings, then cap the festivities by
dancing to beat of the season's first Carnival band.

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 for sale.  Admission at the door: $15 general, $10
students/seniors, $5 children 12 and under.  Reservations recommended:
718-953-6638; makandal-ny@juno.com

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

Transportation:
C to Lafayette Avenue, South Oxford Street/Hanson Place exit.  Walk about
7 doors up from Hanson Place to 138 South Oxford Street
or
2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, M, N, Q, R, to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street; or the
LIRR to Flatbush Avenue.  Exit at Hanson Place.  Walk along Hanson Place
toward the shopping mall 5 blocks to the traffic light, turn right onto
South Oxford Street.  South Oxford Space is on your right.
or
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.

B25, B26, B38, B44, or B52 buses.  Call 718-330-1234 for bus information.

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

This performance is made possible in part with public funds from the New
York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.  It is also supported in
part by the American Music Center Live Music for Dance Program.