![]() Once an individual or a collective internalizes oppression, they come to believe the message an oppressor has been predicating. Internalized oppression is when individuals come to believe their own inferiority and inability to bring about change in a system. Jessica is extremely grateful for all the opportunities she has been given and aspires to continue to enrich her life and the lives of others through the arts.In this post, the role of internalized oppression and silence propagated across generations and its role in this phenomenon will be discussed. Vil is working in conjunction with the Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library.Ĭhoreographing a work that will honor the late "Jean Leon Destine". Most recently she worked in collaboration with playwright and musician "Jean-Claude Eugene" choreographing his latest work "Zatrap" Haititrauma. In addition to being a teaching artist with the Ailey school, Jessica worked as a guest choreographer this past year at both "Brooklyn Friends School" and "Educational Center for the Arts" in North Haven Connecticut teaching dance classes and choreography about social justice through dance. She was honored in Washington DC by the National Museum of Women and the Haitian Embassy for her accomplishments in dance and for her continued dedication to Haitian art and culture. ![]() Jessica worked in collaboration with Unimix films choreographing a short film titled “One More Try” and their newest award-winning feature film "Forever Yours". She has worked and performed with several dance theater companies, such as Feet of Rhythm, The Joan Peter’s Dance Company, Vissi Dance Theater, Tamboula D’ayiti, Opus Dance Theater, the Rod Rodgers dance company, and National Ballet Folkloric of Haiti (BFH). She has worked with many choreographers such as Christopher Huggins, Martial Roumain, Marcea Daiter, Sean Curran, Kayoko Sakoh, Kwame Ross, and Dyane Harvey. Jessica is also one of the co-founders of “Danse Xpressions” center for the performing artsĪnd the artistic director of KaNu Dance Theater. She currently works as a teaching artist for the Alvin Ailey arts in education program. Some of her teaching credits include Pratt Institute, the NAACP, and the Dance New England Foundation in Maine. Jessica teaches classes and gives workshops in Ballet, Modern, and Afro-Caribbean dance. She thus continued her training with a partial scholarship from the Alvin Ailey School's professional division. Jessica is a graduate of Lehman College, where she received her B.A. "Zatrap", the original name for "Haiti Trauma" is the first play entirely conceived and written by Jean-Claude Eugene. ![]() Having taken theater classes at Pace University, Jean-Claude honed his skills in acting and directing at the Studio Theater Conservatory of Washington. Under his artistic direction, the group performed "Gouverneurs de la Rosee", "Antigone" "Mouche Defas" and other plays in the U.S. After moving to the Washington DC area in 1993, Jean-Claude created "Theatre Mapou", with a group of very talented local actors. Jean-Claude's acting credits include his screen debut as Jean in Raoul Peck's first movie "Haitian Corner", the May 2003 performance at Carnegie Hall in the musical "The Treasure of Toussaint", a December 2004 performance at New York's Lincoln Center in the musical "How Papa Noel Forgot Haiti" and his latest participation as Bruno in the first Haitian musical movie " Madame ou Mademoiselle" that he co-directed. ![]() His music can be described as a balanced mix of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and ballads supported by classical and jazz progressions. The essence of life on his native land in artistic works that are universal, timeless, and "absolute". At the forefront of the music world with eight albums, numerous concerts, tours and interviews, Jean-Claude is a very versatile singer-composer, lending shape to the different moods of the human soul. ![]()
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