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'''Martial Roumain’s Bio ''' A native of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Martial Roumain is a dancer, choreographer, dance educator and actor residing in New York City.

Martial was born in August 1951. He immigrated with his mom and a brother to Brooklyn, New York in 1965. After the death of his mother, he was taken in by a Jewish family. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1970. He completed his BFA degree on Dance at The Julliard School of Music in 1975. At the age of 15, he made his debut with the Chuck Davis Dance Company (1966-1970). At 17 he was licensed to teach dance by the New York City Board of Education. Since that time he has taught throughout the United States. He began in 1970 at the Eleo Pomare Dance Company. He is currently the ‘Torch Bearer’ of Pomare’s works. He was Master Teacher at Quebec Ete Dance (1983-1984). He continued his teaching career with Geoffrey Holder (1982-1992), Academie de Danse Guadeloupeen (1980–1996) with Lydia de Hauteurs, Lehman College (1975-2004), and Florida A & M University (2000-2008). Martial also taught outside the USA from 1970 to present in different part of the world: Amsterdam, Holland; Australia; Barbados; Canada; French Guiana; Guadeloupe;  Haiti;  Italy; Japan;  Martinique;  Mexico;  Paris, France;  Puerto Rico;  St. Croix;  St. Thomas;  Trinidad; and Taiwan.

Mr. Roumain studied and trained in the following fields under the following artists: BALLET	Delores Brown, Alfredo Corvino, Edwina Fountain, Elizabeth Hodes, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Genia Melakova, Joan Miller, Maria Nevelska, 			Janet Penetta, Harold Pierson, Karl Shook, Lavinia Williams, Hector Zaraspe. .

MODERN	Chuck Davis, Mary Hickson, Kazuko Hirabayashi, Hannya Holms, Daniel Lewis, Jose Limon, Barbara Lloyd, Milton Meyhers, Eleo Pomare, Diana Ramos, Bertrom Ross, Joyce Trisler, James Truitte, Ethel Winters. JAZZ		Alvin Ailey, Tally Beatty, Fred Benjzman, Pepsi Bethel, Chuck Davis, Jerry Grimes, Thelma Hill. AFRICAN	       Chief Bey, Chuck Davis, Syvilla Fort, Charles Moore, Oluntungy, Pearl Reynolds, Lavinia Williams, EAST INDIAN	Islne Pinder DRAMA	       B. Baily, Catherine Gaffigan (Stanislavsky-Plus).

LITTERATURE &MATERIALS OF MUSIC: George Quincy, Elizabeth Sawyer, Craig Shuler, Stanley Sussman. LABANOTATION: Billie Mahoney DANCE COMPOSITION: Martha Hill, Kazuko Hirabayashi, Daniel Lewis, Jose Limon, Eleo Pomare, Janet Soares. Martial also performed as a soloist with the Eleo Pomare Dance Company (1970-2008), the Fred Benjamin Dance Company (1968-1969), the Jose Limon Dance Company (1971-1972), Contemporary Dance System (1972-1973), the Alvin Ailey Reportory Dance Theater (1973-1974), the Forces of Nature Dance Company (1975-1976), the Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theatre (1976-1984), and the Joan Miller’s Dance Players (1982-2004) for whom he is also ‘Torch Bearer’ of her legacy.

Martial served as artistic director of the Alpha-Omega Theatrical Dance Company and also served as assistant to Mr. Eleo Pomare at the Eleo Pomare Dance Company and Mr. Geoffrey Holder for Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballet Hispanico and the Ballet Folklorico De Mexico productions.

His Broadway credits include: Treemonisha as lead dancer, West Side Story as Chino and Pepe, Bubbling Brown Sugar as young Checkers, Raisin, The Wiz where he was presented the Broadway gipsy robe, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Your Arms are too Short To Box With God as Judas, Timbuktu in the role of Munshi and lead dancer as the bird of Paradise.

Mr. Roumain performed in such operas as The Medium in the role Toby, Ariadne Auf Naxos and Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Mr. Roumain’s choreography has been seen on such companies as: Chuck Davis Dance Company, the Mafata Dance Company, The Jubilation Dance Company, The Joan Miller’s Dance Players, The Alpha-Omega Theatrical Dance Company, Ballet Guadeloupeen, The Trininadian Dance Theatre, Orchesis Dance Company and Tsai Jui-Yueh International Dance Festival.

His off Broadway productions are: Carmencita, Marine Tiger, El Jardin, Mescalito, The Passion and Women, a benefit performance at The United Nations for the women of Dafur, Sudan.

Mr. Roumain’s choreography has won first and second prize in Europeans competitions. His awards include: Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (Julliard 1974-75), Valores Destacados (1980), Outstanding Young Men of America (1987), and Jewels of Haiti (2004) in celebration of Haiti’s bicentennial.

Mr. Roumain also appeared on the big screen: Warriors, Legal Eagles, Miami Blues and The Interpreter. His television credits include: Tell it like it is, Ailey Salute Ellington, Conversation on Black Dance, The Jerry Lewis Telethon, The Equalizers and Law and Order TV series, Fr3 specials in Paris and Guadeloupe.

Martial Roumain through his professional life worked with the following choreographers: Alvin Ailey		Tally Beatty		Fred Benjamin 	  Chuck Davis	        Katherine Dunham	George Faison Martha Graham	       Kazuko Hirabayashi      Geoffrey Holder	   Hanya Holms		Lucas Hoving		Louis Johnson Daniel Lewis		Jose Limon		Donald McKayle	  Joan Miller		Harold Pierson	        Eleo Pomare Jerome Robbins	       Abdel Salaam		Anna Sokolow	   Joyce Trisler	Billy Wilson