| Martinique's Tche Kreyol at Nuits
d'Afrique 2006, Montreal |
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Martinique's Tche Kreyol brought the dazzling
traditions of Kreyol culture north when they performed at Montreal's Nuits
d'Afrique in an astounding two hour performance that had the huge audience on
their feet. Visually striking and musically as rich as any Broadway
show, Tche Kreyol's performance featured up to forty performers and ten veteran
musicians. |
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| The youthful dancers in
colorful costumes stepped and whirled performing the sugar cane dance,
the mazurka, bele, calenda, canigoue and the biguine. The scenes they
depicted spanned the history of the island, dating from slavery days up
to the modern era. Costumes ranged from plain white dresses with
colorful aprons head wraps tied in the Creole fashion, to elegant lacy
gowns and elaborate jewelry, to modern looking dresses with jazzy floral
patterns sown in and straw hats. The dances are the roots of modern
Kreyol rhythms, such as Zouk in Marinique, and Cadance in Dominica, and
Kompas in Haiti. |
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