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In celebration of Haitian Flag Day, SummerStage is partnering with the Rhythm Foundation and New York Music Month Extended Play to livestream a concert featuring popular Haitian konpa group Gabel and Nancy St Leger Dance Company, directly from the newly renovated North Beach Bandshell in South Florida. The event will include a limited in-person audience and follow all the proper safety guidelines and protocols.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Gabel has been awarded countless awards and accolades within the Haitian Music Industry and has toured the US, Canada, Haitian the French Caribbean and Paris many times. Recently during the Covid-19 quarantine, they set aside time for philanthropic work. They provided free virtual concerts, accompanied by medical professionals to share health information within the Haitian-American community. They are working now on new music and video, and look forward to performing before live audiences.

Nancy St. Leger Dance Ensemble
The Miami-based Haitian folkloric 6-member dance company was founded by Nancy St Leger, a dancer and educator. Her favorite dances are what she called ‘warrior dances’ – ibo, petro and nago. She teaches purely Haitian folkloric dance styles at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex. The Ensemble dancers are students and parents who give freely of their time to be part of a vision to promote Haitian dance with pride. Some recent celebrity sightings for the group have included their part in Rihanna and DJ Khaled’s video “Wild Thoughts”, appearing on Black Ink Crew Miami, on stage with Arcade Fire during their last visit to Miami, and with Harmonik at CompasFest. The group’s signature costumes are hand-sewn by mama Nyrva St Leger.