Explore how dance, culture, and community can be pathways to healing through a story and movement workshop with Jean Appolon.
Currently in residency at Boston Center for the Arts, Appolon’s newest work Traka (“Troubles” in Haitian Kreyol) explores the impact of his father’s murder in Haiti in 1991 and the healing capabilities of dance, culture, and community. As part of his residency, Appolon will lead a community workshop with a focus on connecting the immigrant, refugee, and dance communities.
Workshop participants are invited to contribute to the creative process of this new work by sharing and moving at your level of comfort through written or movement communication. Elements shared may be woven into the premiere performance in May.
All abilities are welcome. Workshop is free and open to the public.
Photo credit: Elyse Mertz
About the Artist:
The Artistic Director and Founder of Jean Appolon Expressions, Jean Appolon is also a successful choreographer and teacher based in Boston and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He received his earliest training and performance opportunities in Port-au-Prince with the Viviane Gauthier Dance Company, and the Folkloric Ballet of Haiti. Appolon continued his dance education in the U.S. with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Joffrey American Ballet School, graduating with a BA in 2003 from a joint degree program at The New School.
Jean teaches regularly at Boston Ballet, The Dance Complex (Cambridge, MA), and the University of Massachusetts Boston, among other locations. Appolon was recently inducted to the 1804 List of Haitian American Changemakers in the U.S.
Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.
Contact: Chavi Bansal | 617-863-9072