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Marie Francia
Sterlin
Choucoune
Dominican Republic
Skills
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Film
  • Music
  • Theatre & Performing Arts

Artist Bio

Marie Francia Sterlin is a vocalist from Haiti. She began singing in her mother's parish choir at a young age. She proceeded to the National School of Arts after finishing her education, but she departed after her first year because the school had closed its doors. She discovered that Santo Domingo offered a Conservatory of Music in June 2017 and chose to enroll. She began studying Lyric Singing at the Conservatory in September 2017. She discovered her love for jazz in April 2017 and attempts to live her life based on her interest for both classical and jazz music. She is now completing her studies at the Conservatory and performs jazz concerts at restaurants and cultural centers in Santo Domingo.

Choucoune
I am a member of an Afro-contemporary dance company called Pulso, I am there being a singer and dancer. We participated as a guest country at the EDANCO 2021. Thanks to this presentation, I had the opportunity to expose my culture as I have always wished. So far, it has been my biggest presentation and I am rather satisfied with the result and I hope to resume it very soon. The theme of the presentation was "Diving in and rising above" of which I was the protagonist.