Alicia Alonso: forever prima | Backstory By Nazma Muller | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) How did Havana come to be one of the world’s leading centres of classical ballet? Nazma Muller tells the story of prima donna assoluta Alicia Alonso, and her influence on generations of Cuban dancers
Natalie Reis: flamenco flame By Mark Meredith | Issue 39 (September/October 1999) Mark Meredith talks to a Trinidadian who found her feet in Australia — teaching flamenco
Heart of Steel By Kris Rampersad | Issue 75 (September/October 2005) Derek Walcott's Steel makes its Port of Spain debut
Trinidad Theatre Workshop: still searching By Donna Yawching | Issue 50 (July/August 2001) The Trinidad Theatre Workshop is in its 40th year of experience, yet it still finds itself without a home of its own. Donna Yawching reports
Dominique Le Gendre — Shakespeare and me By Bruce Paddington | Issue 46 (November/December 2000) Dominique Le Gendre trained for eight years as a classical guitarist, fully intending to perform, but her nerves would not let her face an audience. As a result, she turned her many skills towards composing, which is where Bruce Paddington finds her...composing the music for all of Shakespeare's 38 plays
Word of mouth (September/October 2016) By Philip Sander, Nixon Nelson and Nazma Muller | Issue 141 (September/October 2016) Caribbean writers star at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a new musical work remembers the Guyanese poet Martin Carter, and Trinidadians anticipate the sweet treats of Divali
Barbadian Shakirah Bourne — living the Dream By Nailah Folami Imoja | Issue 139 (May/June 2016) Barbadian Shakirah Bourne became a filmmaker by accident — and learned her craft the hard way, through “guerilla-style” productions with minimal resources. Then a “dream” project came along: the chance to adapt and direct Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a Bajan setting. Nailah Folami Imoja tells the story of how A Caribbean Dream came true
Word of mouth (September/October 2015) By Sonia Farmer and Nixon Nelson | Issue 135 (September/October 2015) The hit Broadway musical Hamilton links Caribbean and American history, and the Shakespeare in Paradise theatre festival reimagines Bahamian stories for the stage
Trinidad’s Aida — Heather Headley By Sean Drakes and Glenda Cagodan | Issue 47 (January/February 2001) Glenda Cadogan and Sean Drakes meet the Trinidad-born singer who’s taken Broadway by storm
St. Lucia’s Joseph Marcell: “Some say it’s luck” By Joshua Surtees | Issue 130 (November/December 2014) St Lucia-born actor Joseph Marcell on his path to the stage, his celebrated role on a hit US sitcom, and the value of both “grace” and “rivalry” for performing artists — as told to Joshua Surtees
Patrick Parson: soulful messiah of Ballet Creole By Donna Yawching | Issue 108 (March/April 2011) Patrick Parson brought Afro-Caribbean dance to Toronto two decades ago. He told Donna Yawching how he made history
Albert Laveau: A Man for All Seasons By Judy Raymond | Issue 100 (November/December 2009) Actor Albert Laveau tells Judy Raymond how he's guiding the Trinidad Theatre Workshop into its next half-century
Jamaican dance: riding the riddim By Nazma Muller | Issue 96 (March/April 2009) Bogle, butterfly, pepperseed, gully creeper, nah linger, passa passa…there’s no end to the amazing variety and gymnastic agility of Jamaican dance...
Rhythms of our people By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 93 (September/October 2008) One of the rhythms of the Caribbean is that of classical Indian dance. Lisa Allen-Agostini is entranced by a kathak ballet
They call her Noble — Trinidad’s Noble Douglas By Judy Raymond | Issue 91 (May/June 2008) Trinidadian dancer Noble Douglas trained with the best and in turn has trained the best
Staceyann Chin: “I have walked long hard roads to get here” By Caroline Taylor | Caribbean Resilience (1 May 2020), Issue 90 (March/April 2008) Jamaican poet Staceyann Chin tells Caroline Taylor about her harrowing journey to fame
The Jamaica’s National Dance Theatre Company: renewal and resistance By Rex Nettleford | Issue 88 (November/December 2007) Jamaica’s National Dance Theatre Company celebrated its 45th anniversary this year. Founder Professor Rex Nettleford looks back at its history
Michael Cherrie blossoms By Caroline Taylor | Issue 85 (May/June 2007) He’s been dubbed “the Black Brando” and, writes Caroline Taylor, Michael Cherrie’s future as an actor seems assured
Trinidad’s Caroline Taylor: packing light By Caribbean Beat | Issue 84 (March/April 2007) In Pack Light, Trinidadian performer Caroline Taylor discovers herself
Ready for Arts-in-Action By Caroline Taylor | Issue 83 (January/February 2007) Arts-in-Action is a Trinidad-based group on the cutting edge of art as a means of social change
Junkanoo rush By Krista Thompson | Issue 82 (November/December 2006) In the early twentieth century, Bahamas Junkanoo — or John Canoe — was considered a danger to polite society
Tonight at the Diamond: David Rudder & Tony Hall’s Brand New Lucky Diamond Horseshoe Club By Tracy Assing | Issue 77 (January/February 2006) David Rudder’s play-in-a-song “The Brand New Lucky Diamond Horseshoe Club” brings old-time Port of Spain back to life on stage
