Dance artist Gaspard Louis will develop Sodo, a work inspired by the photography of Phillis Galembo, whose portraits taken during the annual pilgrimage of thousands of Haitians to the Mirebalais waterfalls reveal the complexities of representation and the power inherent in being seen.

Artist Bio
Gaspard Louis
Gaspard Louis is the Founder/Artistic Director of Gaspard&Dancers (G&D). He received a BFA from Montclair State University and continued his dance studies on scholarship at Gus Giordano's in Chicago and Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab in New York. Following his studies, he joined the New York based company called AllNations where he performed traditional dances from many parts of the world for US troupes across the globe.