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BONGA GASTON JEAN-BAPTISTE
CURRICULUM
VITAE
EDUCATED
Souvenance, Gonaïve Haiti
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
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Westchester
Arts Council, Residencies for School Programs/Human Service Agencies
Music therapy, rhythm workshops, movement and folklore. All ages
and populations served
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Central Park
Conservancy Public Programs, New York City
Traditional Music Workshops Open to Public |
New York City
Board of Education, Liberty High School
Lecture /demo and participatory performance in Haitian Drum Dance
and Song |
South Orange
School District and Educational Foundation, New Jersey
Participatory performance and lecture on Haitian musical arts and
culture |
| Blanche Brown's
Petit La Croix, San Francisco, CA, Advanced Haitian Rhythm & Song |
New York University
School of Education, Division of Performing Arts Professions
Technical Demonstration and Lecture on Afro-Haitian Polyrhythm and
Drumming Rites |
| Artists Collective,
Hartford, CT, Instructor - Haitian Drum |
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Djoniba Dance
& Drum Centre, New York Haitian Drum Dance & Song Workshop
- all levels
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| Camp Discovery,
Croton-On-Hudson, NY Teacher/Specialist K3-15 |
| Caribbean Cultural
Center, New York City "Legba in Haitian Vodun " Lecture/Demo |
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Center For Science
and Technology Education Unit, NYC Board of Education Workshop Leader
"Unity Through Diversity" Performing Arts Division, Community
School District 17
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| United
Way of Greater Connecticut: CCI Community Center Black History Month
Workshop |
| Third Wave Dance,
San Francisco Workshop Leader, Haitian Drum, Dance and Song |
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Westchester Arts Council - White Plains, NY
Center For Traditional Music and Dance, NY
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FEATURED PERFORMER/ACCOMPANIST
Boukman Eksperyans
Boukan Guinen
Brian Mitchell Band
Celia Cruz
Grace Jones
Pat Hall
Papa Jube and the Jubelation Band
Rara Machine
Urban Tap
Tète Kale Orchestra
Jean Paul Bourelly
Emeline Michel
Foula
Jean-Léon Destiné
Martha Jean-Claude
Petit La Croix/Blanche Brown
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PERFORMANCES
OF NOTE
| Central
Park Summer Stage, NYC - Paradise Garage 25th Reunion w/Grace Jones |
| Clearwater Festival
Hudson River Revival |
| Urban Tap "Caravane"
Premiered at New Victory Theater 42nd St. New York |
| Berlin, Germany
Tempodrome - with Jean Paul-Bourelly and Ayibobo |
| International
Jazz Festival of Montreal |
| Tokyo, Japan
Planet Café - Haitian Spiritual Wind Japan Tour |
| Studio 54 New
York, NY - Grace Jones |
| Saitama, Japan,
Kilti Chok Vodou Jazz Ensemble Live Recording |
| 25th Annual Village
Halloween Parade, NYC - Opening Ceremony and Performance |
| Victoria Dock,
Melbourne, Australia - Grace Jones |
Museum of Natural
History, New York City - "Ritual & Secular Dances of Haiti"
NYC
Jean Léon-Destiné Afro-Haitian Dance Company |
| International
Jazz Festival, Nantes France |
| Haus der Kulturen
der Welt (House of Culture) - Berlin, Germany |
| Reggae Rhythm
Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Waldorf Astoria
- New York City, NOAH Benefit Concert |
Library For The
Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, New York City
Jean-Leon Destine Retrospective |
| Summerstage Central
Park, New York City |
| Festival de Louisiane
International, Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Sphinx World
Festival, Belgium |
| The Rolling Stone's
Voodoo Child World Tour - Shea Stadium, NYC -Opener |
 RECORDINGS
OF NOTE
2001
Urban Tap "Caravane"
2002 Eddy Francois, "Zinga"
2000 Bonga "Kanzo" premiere
CD
1999 Jephté Guillaume "Voyage
of Dreams" - - Spiritual Life/Chrysalis
1997 Raw Material: "Kote Moun
Yo" - DJ Hiro & Masabumi
Kikuchi - Alpha International
1996 "Wyclef Jean Presents The
Carnival" - Sony/Rough House
1997 Salif Keita "JuJu"
Remix -, Island Records
To request Bonga’s curriculum vitae and
promo kit,
please email liana@hawesgroup.com
or call 212-242-2275
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