To commemorate the final Battle of our national Independence, we are a few days away from the Bicentennial.

 

Under the spotlights at Tara’s, Haiti rises up from her ashes. “Haiti, Land of Fire” (Haiti, Terre de feu): More than theater, it is a true history lesson in nine acts that is offered by Yole Dérose Productions, a spectacle where music and poetry blend with spirituality and prophecies. The nine scenes recreate chronologically and emotionally the last five hundred years of the tumultuous history of Haiti. From the golden age of the Red Ancestors to the birth of the Negro Nation, audacious, bearer of hope for the renaissance of the true guardians of the land, masters of the rhythms and as stubborn as the sun.

 

The message is simple, clear and majestic: “We are as stubborn as the Sun!” No night, as dark as it could be, has ever prevented us from rising up to show our splendor.

 

“Haiti, Land of Fire” is a grandiose spectacle, where the genius of the greatest talents in Modern Haitian Art is put on display. Dancers, movie actors, models, singers and song writers are led by Yole Dérose’s magic wand and bring to life the past, a past still vibrant. 

 

The incredulous eyes of the spectators will watch a parade of outstanding stars, such as Jean-René Delsoin, Ricardo Lefèvre, Réginald Lubin, Daniel Marcelin, Joe Damas, Clarens Renois…

 

Even behind the curtains, we find a multitude of show-biz stars and aspiring talents.

 

In this incredible production, the tremendous historical research of Bayyinah Bello is presented in a highly esthetic manner, which makes it even more captivating.

 

The costumes are designed by one of the most extraordinary Haitian stylist: Madeline Ledan. She managed to carry us back from this 21st Century to immerse us in the pre-historic and colonial societies of Haiti-Boyo-Quisqueya, the “Pearl of Antilles”.

 

Great attention is paid to the stage set, the music, the actors’ performance, the voice over. No room is left for improvisation.

 

“Haiti, Land of Fire“ is a spectacle worthy of the tradition of the greatest theatrical representations. It sends shivers down the spine of the spectators during the full 120 minutes until the final scene, when the Sun Queen, Ranya Dérose, literally illuminates the stage and beams a shining light onto the darkness that seems to want to choke our hopes.

 

“Haiti, Land of Fire”: we are as stubborn as the Sun!