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Daniel Breaux 1946 - 2004
On Saturday, May 1, artist, dancer, craftsman and music lover Daniel Breaux was murdered shortly after he left the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Breaux explored his love for Louisiana music and musicians in a series of paintings and accompanying text that can be seen at the Holiday Inn Downtown-Superdome. The collection -- believed to be the largest body of Breaux's work in one public space -- rises like a totem from the eighth through 18th floors of the hotel; artists such as Beau Jocque, Bois-Sec Ardoin and the Doucet brothers each occupy a floor. At the 8th-floor base of this vertical gallery is a self-portrait of Breaux and his longtime dance partner Claudia Dumestre. The case of Breaux's murder is now a matter for the courts. To honor his life, we offer this self-portrait.
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| "We 'play' on the dance floor, Claudia and I. Joy fills our souls and adrenaline drenches our bodies. From our first dances at 'La porte d'Arriére,' the Cajun back door stage of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition and through all the 'Festivals Acadiens' since, we make music into movement. Or as my cousin Patti Lynn says, 'We pass a good pleasure, yeah.'" -- Daniel Breaux |
| Image courtesy Holiday Inn Downtown-Superdome; photo by Scott Saltzman |
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