Tania León: “My music has an accent” | Backstory
The sonic world of composer Tania León was shaped by her childhood in Cuba — and by her willingness to reinvent herself, writes Caroline Taylor
Patrick Parson: soulful messiah of Ballet Creole
Fusion. Diversity. High-energy. These are the words one encounters, over and over, in articles written about Patrick Parson and his...
Nicole de Weever: dancing with the stars
Nicole de Weever is a woman of many talents: dance, drama and song. But of the three, the most fulfilling is her first passion – dance....
Where is the world?
As I’ve written in this space on more than one occasion, there are few things I like more than a good music festival. And I caught up...
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….”...
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...
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...
Slices of time
Seasons of Dance: The Story of Jamaican Dance Theatre, by Monica DaSilva, with a foreword by Rex Nettleford (Macmillan Caribbean, ISBN...
