MIAMI (Reuters) - When an earthquake shook Haiti's capital in January 2010, bringing death and destruction to the impoverished Caribbean nation, it all but crushed the dreams of modern dance ...

PORTSMOUTH — The founder of a school in northern Haiti supported by hundreds of Seacoast residents will make a virtual appearance from the school in Milot, Haiti, at the annual Caribbean Dance Party ...

“With Afoutayi and Haitian culture, what we like is to put the community together because it’s a form of language for us,” said Djenane Saint Juste, founder and artistic director of Afoutayi. Djenane ...

Three years after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, it’s easy to look to the island nation and wonder, what has been done, what has improved, is there rebirth? It can be a dark gaze — so much to be done. But ...

Jean Appolon, of Jean Appolon Expressions, leads a group of Hopkins Academy students in a Haitian dance workshop as part of Haitian Multicultural Day last Friday. Mcebisi Xotyeni, a manager and dancer ...

Afoutayi Haitian Dance performed at the Chateau Theatre on Saturday, July 8, 2023, in downtown Rochester. Djenane Saint Juste, founder and artistic director of the group, left, holds the graj above ...

Dance has gotten Jean Appolon through hard times. The dancer and choreographer’s father was killed in violence surrounding the 1991 coup d’etat of democratically elected Haitian President ...

A collective of artists in Brooklyn is on a mission, not just to entertain but to educate the community. The Kriyol Dance! Collective brings together artists from different backgrounds with a common ...

PORTSMOUTH — Dozens of people who come to the annual Caribbean Dance Party each spring will be able to once again celebrate their role in building a school in Haiti Saturday, April 30, at 3S Artspace ...

Turn on your favorite urban contemporary Miami radio station and you will hear a rotation of hip-hop, dancehall, reggaeton and Afrobeats, the fast-rising music set to percussive African beats with a ...