“With Afoutayi and Haitian culture, what we like is to put the community together because it’s a form of language for us,” said Djenane Saint Juste, founder and artistic director of Afoutayi. Djenane ...

Riva Nyri Précil was born in the United States, but raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her mother (of Irish-Russian descent) left her involvement with New York’s Haitian community to further help ...

Choreographer Jeanguy Saintus works primarily from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, but his creative work has global appeal. He is a pioneering artist who blends Haiti’s traditional music and dance with more ...

Afoutayi Haitian Dance performed at the Chateau Theatre on Saturday, July 8, 2023, in downtown Rochester. Djenane Saint Juste, founder and artistic director of the group, left, holds the graj above ...

Watching the West Indian Folk Dance Company perform at the University of Chicago I-House on Wednesday night, one can’t help imagining what would happen if the dancers relocated to the center of the ...

Jul. 8—ROCHESTER — Djenane Saint Juste dances for generations of her family. She teaches traditional Haitian dances as a way of speaking her heritage into the community. She finds her rhythm in ...