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Debajo del Laurel is a performance art piece
by Jadel that integrates
AfroCuban palo, Arará, rumba and orisha into a musical, dancefilled show
questioning silences in violence in the legacy and memory of
Afrodescendants in our hemisphere. Traveling between a coffee plantation
in Cuba's Oriente (East) and/or cotton plantation (Mississippi) a women
finds reconcile and spiritual growth by traveling through the life of her
grandmothers after a tragedy. She is guided by the force of (social)
justice, morality, law, masculinity and the drum deity Shangó (Changó).
This is an original theater piece with special invited AfroCuban guest
artist Marisol Blanco (Miami, FL)
founder and artistic director of Sikan AfroCuban Dance Project that
explores contemporary questions of legacy, power and spirituality in
AfroCuban, Caribbean and American AfroAtlantic communities interweaving
live performance, movement and text. Our cast/ensemble features: Yomaira
Mella, Ayelouwa Taylor, Marisol Blanco, Erin Washington, Debbie Garcia,
Anese Jackson & Jadele McPherson. Directed by Maya James. Stage Manager,
Stacy Tieles. LukumiArts has also launched our first 30 Day Kickstarter
Campaign to raise $2500 for this event ending Dec.16th 2013.
We will present the piece Saturday, December 14th, 2013 at TEATRO
LATEA/Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk St. New York, NY
10002 at 7pm. Tickets are $12/in advance, $15/door on Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.com/e/debajo-del-laurel-a-celebration-for-chango-tickets-9368233639?aff=es2&rank=46&sid=ee7ee1234e8e11e39043123139129807
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