Elisa Monte teaches a master class

Feu Follet
In 1996, PASA was a commissioner of a new work by choreographers Elisa Monte and David Brown. The work, "Feu Follet: A Cajun Love Story," was based on the migration of the Acadians of Nova Scotia who became the Cajuns of south Louisiana. The work was later performed all over the country and the world, sharing not only Monte and Brown's haunting vision of this moment of history, but also the Cajun music and even jokes that were part of the presentation. During the time that the company was in south Louisiana preparing the work, Monte had the opporunity to work with local dancers in a master class setting.

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L. Hill Bonin, Jr. Memorial
Scholarship Award

Funds from the L. Hill Bonin, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Award, administered by Performing Arts Society of Acadiana (PASA), are available for high school and college students pursuing short-time educational and training opportunities in performing arts or arts administration as well as for non-profit organizations or groups that propose performing arts productions or activities which involve and benefit high school or college students.

Hill Bonin was one of PASA's charter board members and former president. His love of the performing arts and other pursuits of excellence were honored through the creation of this fund through the leadership of his wife, Joyce Bonin, her children, and PASA board members.

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