Theatre | Instruction

Performances

Friday, November 2, 8 pm
Sunday, December 9, 3 pm
Saturday, January 5, 8 pm
Rising Sun:  A Vodou Drama of Death and Rebirth in Three Parts
Makandal presents its eighth annual Rising Sun series at South Oxford Space in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.  The cycle dramatizes Vodou rites of November, December, and January, and it elicits a theme of death and rebirth from the stories inscribed in these sacred rites.  Meet the Gede family, tricksters and comedians who hold ultimate power over life and death; Marasa, the Sacred Twins representative of childhood, beginnings, and the mysteries of dualism; Queen Kongo and her King Wangòl, who preside over the Koupe Gato (Cut the Cake) ceremony.  Celebrate with us as the season’s first Carnival band winds its way to South Oxford’s Great Room.  Admission:  $15 general, $10 students and seniors, $5 children under 12.  Reservations recommended.

Rising Sun receives support from the New York State Council on the Arts Folk Arts and the American Music Center’s Live Music for Dance Program.

Location:
The Great Room (2nd floor) at South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn.  All subways to the Atlantic Ave/Pacific St stop; G to Fulton St; LIRR to Flatbush Ave; B25, B26, B38, B44, or B52 buses.  For more detailed travel information by public transportation, call 718-330-1234 or visit http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/index.html.  For road travel, contact Makandal at 718-953-6638 or makandal@earthlink.net, or visit http://www.mapquest.com.


Saturday, November 3, 7:30 pm
Voices of Belief: Folklore and the Sacred Arts
The New York Folklore Society features Makandal at its annual field trip to Poughkeepsie, New York, November 2 through 4.  This excursion to the Mid-Hudson Valley includes workshops, panels, a keynote speech by Dr. Robert Farris Thompson, a mambo dance party, the Saturday night gala concert, and more.  For information about the program, registration, and accommodations, contact the Society at 518-346-7008, or visit http://www.nyfolklore.org/progs/conf2007.html.

Location:
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 & 12 Vassar St, Poughkeepsie NY  12601, 845-486-4571.  For driving directions:  http://www.cunneenhackett.org/html/Directions.htm


Saturday, March 29 (2008), 8 pm
Africa in America/National Heritage Masters
West African drumming and dance, Afro-Cuban percussion, Brazilian capoeira, and Haitian Vodou drumming are showcased in this celebration of the 25th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship.  Master Drummer Frisner Augustin and Makandal appear alongside Obo Addy (Ghana), Francisco Aguabella (Cuba), and João Grande (Brazil)—all Heritage Fellows.  Produced by World Music Institute, 212-545-7536, http://www.worldmusicinstitute.org.  Admission:  $32

Location:
 The Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St, Manhattan
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Instruction


Krik! Krak!
Classes in Afro-Haitian Drum & Dance
Serving Brooklyn Communities

 

 

For children age 6 to 16

  • With Frisner Augustin and Marie Edith Jean. Saturdays, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, St. Monica Hall of St. Augustine Church, Sterling Place near the corner of Sixth Avenue, Park Slope. Take the Q subway to 7th Avenue; 2 or 3 subways to Bergen Street; B44 bus to Sixth Avenue.

For information: 718-953-6638, makandal@earthlink.net



For adults


* Krik! Krak! is sponsored, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and, in part, by the Greater New York Development Fund of the New York City Deprtment of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC). The children's class is presented in collaboration with the Tonèl Lakay Dance Theatre.

Haitian Drum Workshop
Hunter College CUNY






New option for our Krik! Krak! students!

Drumming with Frisner Augustin. Friday Evenings, 7:00-8:30pm, Brecher Hall (Room 635 North Building) at Hunter College, East 69th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues. Take the 6 subway to 68th Street/Hunter College. Fee for students outside Hunter College, $12. Discount available on 10-class plans.
For information, makandal@earthlink.net, or call 718-953-6638. Hunter students must contact Ava Fevrier at 347-596-5767, or fevrierava@hotmail.com.

* Presented in collaboration with the Haitian Drum Workshop, a student organization chartered by the Hunter College Undergraduate Student Government.