FEATURES, MENTIONS, & HEADLINES
2018
SELEBRASYON! 2018: KRIYOL DANCE! COLLECTIVE TO CELEBRATE HAITI THROUGH MUSIC, STORYTELLING AND DANCE - BK READER - 6/8/18
During Selebrasyon! 2018, NYC’s only festival dedicated to celebrating Haiti and its diaspora, Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) is participating in the Hudson Guild’s Cultural Kaleidoscope Festival, presenting seven special performances from June 1 to June 20. One certain highlight will be the Kriyol Dance! Collective performing an excerpt of the company’s seminal choreographic work Lavi Miyò on Saturday, June 9 and Thursday, June 14. [READ MORE]
SELEBRASYON! 2018: KRIYOL DANCE! COLLECTIVE TO CELEBRATE HAITI THROUGH MUSIC, STORYTELLING AND DANCE - BK READER - 6/8/18
During Selebrasyon! 2018, NYC’s only festival dedicated to celebrating Haiti and its diaspora, Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) is participating in the Hudson Guild’s Cultural Kaleidoscope Festival, presenting seven special performances from June 1 to June 20. One certain highlight will be the Kriyol Dance! Collective performing an excerpt of the company’s seminal choreographic work Lavi Miyò on Saturday, June 9 and Thursday, June 14. [READ MORE]
HAITIAN DANCE COLLECTIVE HOPES TO EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN -
NEWS 12 BROOKLYN - 1/29/18
"...A collective of artists in Brooklyn is on a mission, not just to entertain but to educate the community. The Kriyol Dance! Collective brings together artists from different backgrounds with a common desire to explore their roots. They create dance through music or the spoken word, and have a special focus on traditional Haitian dance and rhythms. KDC also hosts programs throughout Brooklyn including workshops, dance classes, and performances. Founder Veroneque Ignace says they want to transform art from entertainment into social commentary. "Our mission is to go into the community and bring resources straight and directly to them," Ignace says. KDC is working on a piece about resistance, revolution and wellness. It will premiere at the end of June." [Watch Video]
NEWS 12 BROOKLYN - 1/29/18
"...A collective of artists in Brooklyn is on a mission, not just to entertain but to educate the community. The Kriyol Dance! Collective brings together artists from different backgrounds with a common desire to explore their roots. They create dance through music or the spoken word, and have a special focus on traditional Haitian dance and rhythms. KDC also hosts programs throughout Brooklyn including workshops, dance classes, and performances. Founder Veroneque Ignace says they want to transform art from entertainment into social commentary. "Our mission is to go into the community and bring resources straight and directly to them," Ignace says. KDC is working on a piece about resistance, revolution and wellness. It will premiere at the end of June." [Watch Video]
KRIYOL DANCE! COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH ARTS COLLECTIVE - REPEATING ISLANDS - 1/4/18
"Here is a press release by Veroneque Ignace, creator/artistic director of the community-based public health arts collective based in Brooklyn, New York..." [READ MORE]
"Here is a press release by Veroneque Ignace, creator/artistic director of the community-based public health arts collective based in Brooklyn, New York..." [READ MORE]
A COLLECTIVE OF ARTISTS BAND TOGETHER TO PRESERVE HAITIAN CULTURE -
THE HAITIAN TIMES - 1/2018
In a city as diverse as New York, it’s not hard to imagine the blending and removal of a community’s cultural identity as neighborhoods shift and change due to ever changing migration patterns. However, one Brooklyn organization is fighting to preserve the strong and rich Haitian culture that has developed in the borough for decades. [READ MORE]
THE HAITIAN TIMES - 1/2018
In a city as diverse as New York, it’s not hard to imagine the blending and removal of a community’s cultural identity as neighborhoods shift and change due to ever changing migration patterns. However, one Brooklyn organization is fighting to preserve the strong and rich Haitian culture that has developed in the borough for decades. [READ MORE]
2016 & PRIOR
SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER: SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
...Veroneque continues to expand her work in artistic interventions to foster public health promotion among the Haitian-American and African diasporic communities of New York City through the knowledge gained from her classes in the Downstate School of Public Health and guidance from public health professors conducting community-based research. We are proud of Veroneque’s dedication to public health, evident through her involvement in numerous projects, and we wish Veroneque success in her future endeavors...[READ MORE]
SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER: SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
...Veroneque continues to expand her work in artistic interventions to foster public health promotion among the Haitian-American and African diasporic communities of New York City through the knowledge gained from her classes in the Downstate School of Public Health and guidance from public health professors conducting community-based research. We are proud of Veroneque’s dedication to public health, evident through her involvement in numerous projects, and we wish Veroneque success in her future endeavors...[READ MORE]
THE ARTIST OTHERWISE KNOWN AS …VERONEQUE IGNACE ’15
Veroneque Ignace ’15 feels as though she started dancing “upon exiting the womb,” which isn’t surprising considering her upbringing in a Haitian-American family of musicians and dancers. It is impossible to miss Ignace’s passion for the art form or her awareness of what its personal meaning is for her. When she joined Kusika, the African dance and music group on campus, Ignace was a first-year whose “formal education in dance” was just about to begin. Four years later, she is a teaching assistant (TA) for the ensemble...[READ MORE]
Veroneque Ignace ’15 feels as though she started dancing “upon exiting the womb,” which isn’t surprising considering her upbringing in a Haitian-American family of musicians and dancers. It is impossible to miss Ignace’s passion for the art form or her awareness of what its personal meaning is for her. When she joined Kusika, the African dance and music group on campus, Ignace was a first-year whose “formal education in dance” was just about to begin. Four years later, she is a teaching assistant (TA) for the ensemble...[READ MORE]