La Comganie Tilawcis presents Flamboyants!

Flamboyants! blends the cultures of New Orleans, La Réunion, and Puerto Rico, drawing on the cultural and historical similarities of these regions, particularly Creole traditions and histories of colonization and marronage, the resistance to and self-liberation from enslavement. This ambitious production was born from a meeting between Florient Jousse and Big Chief Juan Pardo, an iconic figure of the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans. From a simple human connection, these artists, along with La Réunion musicians Frédéric Madia and Zélito Deliron and Puerto Rican musicians and activists Marién Torres Lopez and Ivelisse Diaz have forged a unique expression of “Créolité”, a fusion of the ancestral culture of the Mardi Gras Indians—with their chants, percussion, and dazzling costumes—with the maloya music of La Réunion and the bomba music of Puerto Rico. Performed in French, Spanish, Créole and English with English subtitles. Save the date - tickets will be available soon!