KONBIT: the Second Annual Haitian Arts and Cultural Fest in SF October 21, 2011

Fri, Oct 21, 7pm; Sat, Oct 22, 6:30pm; Sun, Oct 23, 1-8:30pm (various venues in the Mission)

Join AFOUTAYI productions at the 2nd Annual Haitian Dance, Music & Arts Festival, "KONBIT: Celebrate Earth" in San Francisco's Mission October 21-23, 2011.

Details of each day's events are listed below:

Friday October 21st
From: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
@Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2668 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 94110

Opening of the festival: Haiti in Music
Featuring:
Caribbean Jazz band Coco Breeze from New York
Haitian performing artists Centre Culturel Pye Poudre
Haitian Opera Singer Fabienne Denis
Master Drummers Frisnel Moriseau, Jeff Pierre, Sergo Decius, Onilu Yagbe, Zeke Nealy

Saturday October 22nd
From: 6:30pm to 9:00pm
@ Mission High School Theater
3750 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114
"Konbit" Let's celebrate the Earth: Haiti in Dance
Featuring
Afoutayi Dance Company directed by Djenane Saint Juste
Florencia Pierre (Fofo), master dancer & choreographer
Viviane Gauthier, master choreographer from Haiti
Centre Culturel Pye Poudre, Haitian performing artists
Alafia Dance Company, directed by Valerie Watson
El Wah Movement Dance Theater, directed by Colette Eloi
CCB Dance Project, directed by Celia Weiss Bambara
Jean Dominique Denis, master dancer from "JAKA" Haiti

Sunday October 23rd
From: 1:00pm to 6:0pm @ ODC Dance Commons (351 Shotwell St, San Francico, CA 94110)
From 6:00pm to 8:30pm @ Baobab Village (3372 19th St, San Francisco, CA, 94110)
Master classes: Haitian Dance & Drumming
& BUFFET
Viviane Gauthier, master choreographer from Haiti
Florencia Pierre, master dancer & choreographer
Djenane Saint Juste, master dancer and choreographer
Jean Dominique Denis, master dancer from "JAKA" in Haiti
Fritznel Moriseau, master drummer from Haiti
Sergo Decius, master drummer from Haiti
Jeff Pierre, master drummer

For more information on Afoutayi and "KONBIT: Celebrate Earth" 2nd Anual Haitian Music, Dance & Arts Festival in San Francisco, visit www.AFOUTAYI.com

Official Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4vptg5LX4