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Recent Appearances and Scheduled Performances
 
Video Reels
  zilibuttonEzili Dantò live in Miami with Sanba Yatande, Ti Rouj & Manno, May 3, 2008

Carnegie Hall

    Jazzoetry Vodun Performances zilibuttonRBM Video Reel
 
    zilibuttonRBM Jazzoetry CD audio clip of:
So Much Like Here (text)
 
    Haitian Dance & Drumming Workshops
Ezili's master Haitian dance class, teen and children classes (workshop descriptions)
 
    Ezili's West-African Haitian Dance Troupe clip:
1. School Performance Clip

2. Perf. Clip 2
 
    Complete "Art-with-the Ancestors'" Video Clips - Performances, Haitian Dance Workshops, the West-African Haitian Dance troupe school workshops,et al...
 
    Performance poetry-Clips of Marguerite Laurent's Performance Poetry presentation, St. Martin Book Fair (Anba Dlo, Nan Ginen, So Much Like Here, RBM)
 
Press Kit   Press Kit clippings St. Martin Press clippings
   
Photo Gallery
   
Marguerite 'Ezili Dantò' Laurent

 
 
Jan 2006 to Jan 2007

Ezilidanto's Arts-With-the Ancestors Workshop programming season continues from Jan. 2006 to Apr. 2006.

The "To Tell The Truth About Haiti" Forums are on-going throughout the year. Marguerite Laurent presenting at colleges, Universities and as special invited guess on current situation in Haiti, HLLN's work, and on performance poetry piece "Between Falling and Hitting the Ground." Join our Ezili Danto mailing list to keep up-to-date with bookings, current events in Haiti, Ezili Danto presentations and workshop times and locations. Write "Subscribe" to: Erzilidanto@yahoo.com

 
 
January 1, 2007   RBM Jazzoetry CD clip - RBM Jazzoety CD clip - Performance poet, Marguerite Laurent, performed this piece from the Red, Black and Moonlight monologues series and her RBM Jazzoetry CD, on January 1, 2007 at the New York Haitian Community's celebration of Dessalines' gift of freedom and independence from 4 to 7pm at the Bethany Baptist Church, 460 Marcus Garvey Blvd. Brooklyn, New York
October, 2006 Dessalines Is Rising
Celebrating the life, philosophy and legacy of Haiti's Liberator, Jean Jacques Dessalines on the (1806 -2006) bi-centennial anniversary of his death.

(Locations and times for the October 17, 2006 shows to be announced on our Ezili Dantò Listserve mailings.)
 
     
August, 2006   Bwa Kayiman Ceremony - A Vodun Theater Dance Show
Celebrating the Gathering that started the Haitian Revolution
(August 12, 2006 sponsored by Vwa Zanset, Montreal, Canada)
zilibuttonBwa Kayiman Clip (ML with master drummer Frisner Augustin and Troupe Makandal)
     
June 14, 2006   Legal Matters
Attorneys Marguerite Laurent and Joan Channick discuss a range of issues facing artists today, from intellectual property to contractual relationships. ACES Educational Center for the Arts, Theatre Studio, 55 Audubon Street, 3rd Floor, 5:30 to 7:30 pm. To register contact The Arts Council of Greater New Haven at 203 772 2788 or email arts.council@cshore.com . Click here to see flyer.
     
June 1- 3, 2006

Marguerite Laurent at St. Martin Book Fair. Keynote speaker, readings and leading workshops on Haitians in the Diaspora, her writings and performance poetry. St Martin University, June 1-3, 2006. Click here to see flyer.
zilibuttonSt Martin PhotoGallery and Clips

May 18, 2006 Flag Day is International Solidarity With Haiti Day, sponsored by the FreeHaitiMovement.

Marguerite Laurent is the keynote speaker at City Tech University, speaking on "Remembering Our Roots - Making the Fiction of Haiti's Independence Real", sponsored by the Haitian Student Association of City Tech College, May 18, 2006 at 12pm to 5pm, Brooklyn, New York

(Atrium Amphitheater. Located on Atrium ground floor.)
     
 
 
     
Selected Past Performance History
(See Press Kit and Photo Gallery)
January 2004

Ezilidanto's Arts-with-the-Anscestors
Programming continues Oct. 2003 - Apr. 2004

    Ezilidanto artists at Kwaanza celebrations and presentations throughout Northeastern United States.
    Marguerite Laurent on tour with performance poetry piece "Between Falling and Hitting the Ground"
January 3, 2004 Carnegie Hall
Celebrating the Haitian Revolution's 200th Anniversary,

(Appearance sponsored by Mapou Productions)
January 15, 2004 Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT
(Appearance sponsored by The Institute for Community Research and The Connecticut Haitian-American Organization.)
    Djedje Djedje-Gervais working with renowned modern dancer choreographer, Ralph Lemon, at Pittsburg, USA in preparation of third installment of Geography.
February
January 2004

Ezilidanto's Arts-with-the-Anscestors
Programming continues Oct. 2003 - Apr. 2004

    Ezilidanto artists at Kwaanza celebrations and presentations throughout Northeastern United States.
    Marguerite Laurent on tour with performance poetry piece "Between Falling and Hitting the Ground"
January 3, 2004 Carnegie Hall
Celebrating the Haitian Revolution's 200th Anniversary,

(Appearance sponsored by Mapou Productions)
January 15, 2004 Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT
(Appearance sponsored by The Institute for Community Research and The Connecticut Haitian-American Organization.)
    Djedje Djedje-Gervais working with renowned modern dancer choreographer, Ralph Lemon, at Pittsburg, USA in preparation of third installment of Geography.
February
February 20, 2003
6pm to 9 pm
  Marguerite Laurent, Esq., featured speaker, for a benefit banquet sponsored by Klib Kreyol at Yale University, New Haven, CT, as part of Klib Kreyo's "Hidden Truths: Unveiling the Realities of Haiti Past & Present" conference in honor of Haiti's Bicentennial.
    Ezilidanto artists at Black History Month presentations throughout Northeastern United States.
    Marguerite Laurent on tour with performance poetry piece "Between Falling and Hitting the Ground"
    Djedje Djedje-Gervais working with renowned modern dancer choreographer, Ralph Lemon, at the "African Dance Cultural Center" in preparation of third installment of Geography.
    Ezilidanto artists at College and University presentations throughout Northeastern United States
March 2004
    Ezilidanto artists at College and University presentations throughout Northeastern United States
    Marguerite Laurent on tour with performance poetry piece "Between Falling and Hitting the Ground"
    Djedje Djedje-Gervais working with renowned modern dancer choreographer, Ralph Lemon, at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in preparation of third installment of Geography
April 2004
    Ezilidanto artists at cultural diversity presentations throughout Northeastern United States.
    Marguerite Laurent on tour with performance poetry piece "Between Falling and Hitting the Ground."
    Djedje Djedje-Gervais working with renowned modern dancer choreographer, Ralph Lemon, at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in preparation of third installment of Geography
May 2004
    Marguerite Laurent in residence at
Vermont Center Writing Studio
August 2004
    Performances of The Bwa Kayiman Play with the Ezilidanto artists to celebrate the Bicentennial of Haiti's Independence in New York City, NY - Exact venues to be announced
    TBA
September 2004
    Djedje-Gervais performing with Ralph Lemon et al, for World Premier of Come Home Charley Patton, Part 3 of the Geography Trilogy at Krannert Center - September 21-23 at 7:30pm
     
On-Going Classes - To be announced (TBA)
Ivory Coast Artists, Djedje, Goulei & Dadie and our guest Haitian artists are also available for private lessons.
Performance History (See Press Kit and Photo Gallery)
NACA performance history
 
 
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