Kanaval (Leah Gordon) (2021)

Text by Leah Gordon. Before Carnival, you never sleep, always dreaming of bringing pleasure, innovation and creation. ’ – Fanel Saint-Helere & Frantz Denoujou (Flanbo Mardi Gras troupe) Leagues away from the sequinned, sanitised, corporate-sponsored carnivals found elsewhere in the Americas, the Madigra troupes of the Haitian port town of Jacmel enact and subvert myth, legends and the nation’s own histories, their improvisational costumes and surreal narratives a Vodou-charged blend of folk memory, political satire and personal revelation.