Talk in the Box Events
All free with price of admission to Ti-Jean & His Brothers. |
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Friday, February 11: Post-show Conversation
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With Alix Cantave, UMass professor, associate director of the William Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture and founder of the Haitian Studies Association. |
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Jean Appolon and friends will perform a contemporary Haitian dance and then discuss dance and Haitian culture.
Jean Appolon, from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, studied with Lynn Williams Rousier Dance School, Viviane Gauthier Dance Company and the Folkloric Ballet of Haiti. After moving to the United States, Jean was able to continue his dance education at the Harvard and Radcliffe Dance Program (1995-1996 Miami, FL), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1996-1998 New York, NY) and graduated from the Joffrey American Ballet School (1998-2003 New York, NY) in the spring of 2003. In addition to those listed above, Jean has performed with many dance companies throughout the US including, Rainbow Tribe Company, Elma Lewis Productions (Black Nativity), Marlene Silva, North Star Ballet Company, Black Door Dance Company, and the Atlantic City Ballet Company. Jean teaches dance classes at various locations throughout the New York City area. |
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| Congratulate the cast at a complimentary reception after the show. |
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| Artists & Audiences: Talk Back, February 17 |
Join the cast in a post-performance talk-back. |
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Jean-Dany Joachim, Cambridge Poet Populist, will perform selections of his work.
Jean-Dany Joachim, Port-au-Prince native, writes and translates in Spanish, French, Haitian-Creole and English. As the creator and producer of the City Night Reading Series, he brings together poets, writers, performers and lovers of literature for the celebration of the art of word in the Boston and NYC areas. Jean-Dany was a 2007 finalist for the first Cambridge Poet Populist in the city of Cambridge Massachusetts, where he resides. His work has appeared in anthologies and numerous literary magazines. Jean-Dany’s mantra is: La vie est belle! |
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| Patrick Sylvain, professor at Brown University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and celebrated poet and writer, will lecture on the history and culture of Haiti, followed by conversation. |
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| With Louise Bowditch, who worked in Haiti for 12 years developing programs in sustainable agriculture and appropriate technology. |
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| This is your theater - join the conversation with Central Square Theater's leadership, with complimentary wine and cheese. Special Guest Brian corr from the cambridge Peace Comission will report on the new Haiti-Cambridge sister-city project. |
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| With Peniel E. Joseph, Professor of History at Tufts University and the award-winning author. |
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Charlot Lucien and family along with MASS Mouth will perform an original work about the father of the Haitian Revolution, Toussaint L'Ouverture.
Charlot Lucien, founder and co-director of the Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts, has established himself as a master storyteller since the release of his first CD, "Ti Oma" (2001) and numerous storytelling performances. His work has been praised by critics in Haiti and in the Diaspora as a sure continuation of the legacy of Haiti's most famous storytellers. As an artist and an illustrator, Lucien has participated in group exhibits and illustrated magazines, newspapers (Le Nouvelliste, Haiti en March, Regards 2000, INAGHEI Actuel, Haiti Libérée, etc.) and books. He is the author of two volumes, "Ces Grosses Têtes de l'Actualité, Vol. I & Vol. II" |
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| With Michael DeGraff, associate professor of linguistics at MIT who focuses on Creole Studies, Haitian Creole, Education in Haiti, Linguistics, and Ideology. |
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| Scholar Social - Talk Back, March 3rd, Post-show |
Renowned academics illuminate ideas raised by the play in dialogue with the audience.
Alisa Braithewaite, Assistant Professor, Caribbean literature, MIT, with Régine Michelle Jean-Charles, Assistant Professor of French, Romance Languages and Literatures, will lead a post show conversation about the play and Caribbean literature. |
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Zili Misik, the award-winning Best-in-Boston all female band, will perform their music, inspired by Haitian mizik rasin, Jamaican reggae, Afro-Brazilian samba, Afro-cuban son, and African-American spirituals, blues, jazz and neo soul in a post-show performance.
Zili Misik, the award-winning Best-in-Boston all female band, creates music inspired by Haitian mizik rasin, Jamaican reggae, Afro-Brazilian samba, Afro-cuban son, and African-American spirituals, blues, jazz and neo soul. |
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Gifrants will perform “his unique and sultry genre of fused jazz and traditional pan-Caribbean music” and talk about Haitian and Caribbean music.
Gifrants has released numerous projects on his label Gaëta Records. Writing, producing and acting as his own publicist, he is often accompanied by a revolving cast of Boston based jazz luminaries who perform his songs in both live and studio settings. t is a long road to forge a new genre of music, but this is exactly what Gifrants has done over the span of his career, selling over 40,000 CDs without major-label backing. |
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With State Representative Byron Rushing |
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| Post-show conversation, March 9 |
| Megan Sandberg-Zakian, director of Ti-Jean & His Brothers, will lead a story circle. |
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Carey Dardompre, teacher, storyteller and curator, will discuss the Haitian Art Exhibition in our lobby.
Carey Dardompre (curator of lobby exhibit) was born in Cap-Haitian, Haiti . He presently teaches French at Graham and Parks Public School in Cambridge, and also works for the Middlebury-Monterey language Academy teaching French at their summer immersion program. He is the founder of Artisans World Gallery, a virtual art market that promotes a kaleidoscope of art from Haiti and the African Diaspora. Artisans' World Gallery was founded in 2000 by a visionary group of artists, writers, musicians and educators. The shared vision is to create a venue where arts, literary works and music can be presented in a friendly, intellectual and supportive creative environment. WWW.Artisansworldgallery.biz
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With Lawrence Breiner, Professor of English and African Studies at Boston University, and Kate Snodgrass, Artistic Director, Boston Playwrights Theatre. |
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Jean-Dany Joachim, Cambridge Poet Populist, will be joined by jazz musicians to perform his poetic spoken word response to the devastating earthquake one year ago.
Jean-Dany Joachim, Port-au-Prince native, writes and translates in Spanish, French, Haitian-Creole and English. As the creator and producer of the City Night Reading Series, he brings together poets, writers, performers and lovers of literature for the celebration of the art of word in the Boston and NYC areas. Jean-Dany is the current Poet Populist in the city of Cambridge, where he resides. His work has appeared in anthologies and numerous literary magazines. Jean-Dany’s mantra is: La vie est belle! |
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With Margaret Rose Vendryes, professor at York College and the Graduate Center of City University of New York, about both the play and the Haitian Art exhibit in the lobby. |
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