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The Miami Herald, Interview/Feature >>

Miami will get another look at contemporary Haitian culture this week with Compagnie de Danse Jean-René Delsoin, a Haitian dance troupe that blends traditional folkloric dance and music with ideas and techniques from American modern dance.

The troupe appears Saturday at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center as part of Center Stage, a State Department-sponsored tour of arts groups from Haiti, Indonesia and Pakistan intended to foster cultural understanding.

The template for Delsoin’s company is similar to that of Ayikodans, the Haitian troupe whose 2011 and 2012 appearances at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts provoked a strong response from audiences and the Haitian community.

The two companies are linked; Delsoin founded and co-directed Artcho Danse, Ayikodans’ parent organization and school, in 1987 with its current director, Jeanguy Saintus, before striking out on his own in 2004.

Delsoin, 45, grew up with Hait