Join us for an unforgettable afternoon featuring ! JSD Dance (Music, song, and movement, Afro Dance)

📅 Sunday, August 22, 2026
🕒 3:00 PM
📍 Constitution Beach, Boston

More than one thousand different African ethnic groups from all over the continent came to Haiti. They mixed with a number of Indigenous people and a few Europeans, and fought in an epic slave revolution that birthed Haiti and its rich culture. Houngan Jean-Sebastien Duvilaire, founder of JSD dance, calls it the making of the first African Union.  This legacy continues today. As Jean-Sebastien writes, “If you are Haitian, you are black; regardless of your skin, hair, or eye color. It is in our constitution. In this way, Haiti has a very clear Afro-identity within the context of globalization.”

In this special performance,  led by master Haitian drummer Jean Eli Joseph, JSD Dance will bring music, song, and movement- Afro Dance- invoking the spirit of the ancestors for the present and future.

✨ Don’t miss this dynamic celebration of culture and sound by the sea! ✨

Organized by our Better Beaches partner Access Culture.