AYIBOBO!!!
Rara Tou Limen has performed at festivals as well as cultural and academic institutions throughout the Bay Area including: The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, the Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival, the San Francisco Black Film Festival, the deYoung Museum, Ashkenaz, CubaCaribe Dance & Music Festival, Hasting to Haiti Celebration, San Francisco Carnival, the Hamlin School, Mills College, University of California at Berkeley, California State University at Chico and the Berkeley Public Library.
Accompanied by celebrated musicians and vocalists, the company brings to the stage the wide spectrum of diverse Haitian dance forms, from religious ceremonial dances to the celebratory dances of Carnival.
The use of traditional rhythms, chants and movement integrates the grace, strength, fluidity and precision of Haitian Folkloric dance. The company has continually offered Bay Area residents, as well as people from all over the United States, the opportunity to experience Haitian music, dance and culture through classes, workshops, performances and educational events in both the United States and in Haiti.
[click on image to see Rara in Festivity!]
In December 2007, the company was awarded a highly competitive Living Cultures Grant by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, with additional support from Zellerbach Family Foundation and The Clorox Company Foundation to hold the 1st annual Haitian Arts and Culture Festival in July 2008.
