My Professional Experience
MASTER CLASSES/TEACHING
● Collegium for African Diaspora Dance III at Duke University, NC (Master Class) 2018, 2020
● Tulane University in New Orleans, LA (Master Class) 2018, 2020
● Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT (Master Class) 2019
● NoDa@28th Creative Arts Studios in Charlotte, NC (Master Class) 2019
● Davidson College in Davidson, NC (Master Class) 2019
● University of Florida in Gainesville, FL (Master Class) 2013, 2019
● Dance Africa Fest in Austin, TX (Guest Faculty) 2018 , 2019
● Cùmbe in Brooklyn, NY (Master Class) 2019
● Tufts in Boston, MA (Lecture-Demonstration) Spring 2019
● MIT in Cambridge, MA (Lecture-demonstration) Spring 2019
● Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME (Master Classes) Spring 2019
● The Dance Complex in Cambridge, MA (Master Classes) 2016-2019
● Hampshire College in Amherst, MA (Master Class) Spring 2018, Fall 2018
● Holyoke College in Amherst, MA (Master Class) Spring 2018, Fall 2018
● RASANBLE Festival in Oakland, CA (Guest Faculty) 2018, 2019
● Karuna Yoga Studio in Northampton MA (Master Class) Spring 2018, Fall 2018, 2019
● The University of the West Indies in Barbados (Master Class) 2018
● New Waves Institute in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Guest Faculty) 2018
● Tekrema Center for Art and Culture in New Orleans, Louisiana (Master Class) 2018
● Festival KONBIT in Montreal, Canada (Guest Faculty) 2017, 2018
● Jean Appolon Expressions in Boston, MA (Master Class) 2016, 2017, 2018
● Festi-Danse Ivoire in Ivory Coast, Africa (Guest Faculty) 2016, 2017
● University of Wisconsin Madison in Madison, WI (Master Class) 2016
● Ballet Folklorique D’Haiti in Petion-Ville, Haiti (Guest Faculty) 2014-2016
● Nan Nkama Pan African Drum and Dance in Jacksonville, FL (Master class)2012,13,16
● Jacmel Dance Retreat “Vinn Pran Baguet I” in Jacmel, Haiti (Guest Faculty) 2015
● Theatre National d’Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Master Class) 2014
● Compagnie de Danse Vivianne Gauthier in PAP-Haiti (Masterclasses)12,14,15
● Dance Theater Santa Fe in Gainesville, FL (Master Class) 2011, 2012, 2013
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
● Collegium for African Diaspora Dance III at Duke University, NC (Presenter) 2018, 2020
● Haitian Studies Association Conference at University of Florida in Gainesville, FL (Presenter) 2019
● RASANBLE Festival in Oakland, CA (Presenter, Houngan) 2018
● KOSANBA in New Orleans, LA (Presenter, Houngan) 2017
● 15th Annual Africana Studies Symposium at UNC Charlotte, NC (Presenter) 2016
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
● Congo Square in New Orleans, Louisiana (Guest Choreographer/Dancer/Singer/Houngan) 2020
● Haiti Cultural Exchange, Garden in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY (Guest Dancer/Singer) 2019
● The Jazz Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana (Dancer/Singer) 2018
● KOSANBA in New Orleans, LA (Houngan Asogwe) 2017
● Jean Appolon Expressions in Boston, MA (Company Dancer) 2016-2017
● Festi-Danse Ivoire in Ivory Coast, Africa (Singer, Guest Dancer, Solist) 2016, 2017
● MASA Festival in Ivory Coast, Africa (Guest Dancer) 2016
● Ghetto Biennale 2015 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Guest Artist - Performer) 2015
● Nan Nkama Pan African Drum and Dance in Jacksonville, FL (Guest Dancer) 2013
● Dance Theater Santa Fe in Gainesville, FL (Company Dancer) 2011- 2012
● The Haiti Project at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL (Dancer) 2012
● The Brown Dance Project in Gainesville, FL (Guest Dancer) 2011, 2012
● University of Florida in Gainesville, FL (Community Guest Performer) 2010 - 2013
● The Neta Dance Company in Gainesville, FL (Dancer for “Buckets”) 2010, 2011.
● Agbedidi Africa in Miami, FL (Company Percussionist - Singer - Dancer) 2008 - 2013
CREATIVE SCHOLARSHIP/CHOREOGRAPHY
● “Self Exploration” [2018] at Banboche for JAE in Boston, MA (Guest Choreography)
● “Tè Glise” [2018] at a Studio in the woods in NOLA (Collaboration Residency)
● “Recalling Dismembered Histories” [2017] at the Alexandre Dumas city square in Jeremie, Haiti (Choreography: Site Specific collaboration)
● “D’Ayiti” [2016] (Solo), “La Danse des Morts” [2017] (Guest Choreographer) at Festi-Danse Ivoire in Ivory Coast, Africa
● “Activating Petwo’s Kinesthetic Imagination: Dancing Revolution and Forging Lakou” [2015] at the Ghetto Biennale 2015 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Collaboration: Choreography and Performance)
● “A research Project” [2014] at the University of Ghana in Ghana, Africa (Guest Artist-researcher from Haiti)
● “Hommage to Erzulie” [2012] at SF for the Dance Theater Santa Fe in GNV Choreography)
● “The Haiti Project Dance Scenes” [2012] at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL (Choreographer for the project)
● “Tribilasyon” [2010] “Marassa Do Ba” [2013] at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL (Community Guest Choreography) .
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
“Activating Petwo’s Kinesthetic Imagination: Dancing Revolution and Forging Lakou” [2016]; a collaborative publication in Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory
The Performance version of “Activating Petwo’s Kinesthetic Imagination: Dancing Revolution and Forging Lakou” has also received great reviews by critic in the Artforum in March 2016
Besides performing, choreographing, and teaching locally and internationally, my professional experience also includes singing in a choir that performed songs from the continent: “The Africa Choir” at the University of Florida. I also performed in a gospel choir in Gainesville called “Hillel” . Furthermore, I have written and directed three full productions: Haiti and Its Mother Africa, I and II , and the Haiti Project.
I am also the creator and director of a yearly dance summer intensive program in Haiti called “Grand’Anse il faut Bouger”, going on its third year.
AfrikAyiti is also a personal project with the objective of bridging Contemporary Haiti to Contemporary Africa. I do this through many different types of action, and by always associating Africa to with Haiti in my work. I also travel to both Haiti and Africa to teach and perform, and promote collaborations between Haitian and African Artists.