One of the most rich and joyful experiences of JAE has been bringing together young dance students from Haiti and Massachusetts. Read what some of the dancers from Haiti and the US have said about their time dancing and learning with JAE.
Lawrence-Haiti remote summer dance institute 2021
In August, 2021, we held a hybrid program. Many students joined us in the studio in Lawrence, Mass, and other dancers participated virtually over video, from Haiti and Maine. All our students were able to find meaning in community and movement by dancing together.
Lawrence remote summer dance institute 2020
Because the Summer Dance Institute was online in 2020, we were able to have four lovely dancers from the Center for the Arts in Port-au-Prince join the program over Zoom! Here is a letter that one of the dancers wrote to us.
Spring Intensive, 2019
Shara Joseph, from the Center for the Arts in Port-au-Prince, has joined Jean and the JAE company dancers in Massachusetts for two intensives - first the springtime Teen Intensive, and then the Lawrence Summer Dance Institute. She was also one of our dancers from Haiti to attend the online version of the Summer Institute in 2020.
Here is what Shara had to say about the Teen Intensive: