The play blends live puppetry, shadow puppetry, live performance and an original score of Indigenous percussion.
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Laura Zornosa,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Oct. 2026
Pioneered in the island nation’s Dennery District, the genre is a drum-heavy, chant-forward offshoot of soca that blends elements of kuduro and zouk with Kwéyòl lyrics and a dancehall attitude, distilled through a distinctly Lucian lens.
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