Sara Rénélik: the Artistic Journey

The Journey started with dance and choreography as Sara was working with various productions, choreographer for the video production house, Cinoque Films, which later become Locomotion Films, along side with various artists, Julie Masse, Nicolas Maranda and later with Celine Dion to name a few. This video is a compilation of some of her works as a choreographer and dancer.

Sara was only 19 when, after the TV special production of Celine Dion's Color of my Love album, René Angélil requested she'd join the Canadian Tour of the same album, along with the dancers and her choreography of the song "Misled", This collaboration lasted more than 3 years and propelled Sara to new heights. It is through this opportunity that Sara met and worked with Debra Brown, with whom a long professional relationship started.

Sara aka Luna Taina participated in Ms. Debra Brown's multidisciplinary show Line 1 for its 7 years long life as a singer, dancer and composer. Line 1, a visual feast embracing music, circus, dance and multimedia spectacle where musicians fly and dancers sing. This unforgettable tale traveled the world with touring in Canada, the US and Lebanon.

In 2006, Sara released the album Aube co-produced with Charles Papasoff and Wesli Louissaint. The album was also promoted in Canada and in Haiti and was nominated at the Canadian Folk Mucis Awards as Best World Music Album. "Laisser Aller" was awarded Best Song SOCAN/SODRAC at the Women in Music Awards, Maestra.

Sara collaborated with the great Azor at the Green Planet International Film Awards in Los Angeles and during a benefit tour in Japan following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. As a singer and dancer, she was privileged to accompany the great icone and perform his repertoire in a duet formula.

Sara was a cultural Ambassador for the Canadian Embassy in the Dominican Republic, participating in multiple events, including the International Francophonie Day in Santo Domingo and Panama. In this excerpt of the presentation, she performs Atabey, a composition created while she was living there.

Sara collaborated with the Fabienne Colas Foundation from its early years as an artistic coordinator and performer on many editions. She directed the multidisciplinary show Haïti Tout Feu Tout Flamme, presented at the Just for Laughs Festival in 2014, featuring many famous artists, humorists, singers and performers. 

Manman la Mer, a tale written by Djennie Laguerre, was presented in many theatres across Canada and Abidjan, Ivory Coast at the great Masa Festival in 2020.  Sara performed and participated in the creation of this inspiring play on women and Caribbean spirituality.

Thunder Within, is Sara's aka Luna Taina most recent project. In collaboration with violinist and sound creator Fili Gibbons, Thunder Within is a multidisciplinary musical journey where sound, music, dance and performance meet and allow Chinese and Haitian spiritual worlds to intertwine.