Theatre and Dance

Culture, Theatre and Dance, Arts, Jamaica

Jamaican dance: riding the riddim

It began with the Butterfly. One minute we Trinis were wining along, as we had done for decades, to soca, reggae and anything with a jumpy...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, Arts, Trinidad and Tobago

Rhythms of our people

They walk on stage in a tinkling, shimmering shower of bells, and then there is silence. The lights come up. “Ta-ta-ta-te-ta….”...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, People, Trinidad and Tobago

They call her Noble — Trinidad’s Noble Douglas

Noble Douglas is dancing. She skips around the room on dainty feet in soft leather shoes, toes pointed. She’s teaching a class, and...

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Literature, Music, Theatre and Dance, People, United States, Jamaica

Staceyann Chin: “I have walked long hard roads to get here”

Born on Christmas day/before morning fate or kismet/truth or just dumb luck I have walked long/hard roads to get here… today I am exactly...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, Arts, Jamaica

The Jamaica’s National Dance Theatre Company: renewal and resistance

Jamaica’s National Dance Theatre Company, which is nationally respected and internationally acclaimed, understands the challenge of...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, Arts, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Michael Cherrie blossoms

If you’ve been to Trinidad, you might have shared a taxi with Michael Cherrie, or passed him on the streets of Port of Spain or Trincity...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad’s Caroline Taylor: packing light

Wherever there’s music or theatre, there’s bound to be a Caribbean performer mixed up in it somewhere. Whether it’s playing Aida on...

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Community, Culture, Theatre and Dance, Arts, Trinidad and Tobago

Ready for Arts-in-Action

There’s a small arts revolution taking place in Trinidad and Tobago, with roots in the Centre for Creative and Festival Arts (CCFA) at...

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