Journal of Indentureship and Its Legacies, Vol. 2, No. 2 (December 2022), pp. 33-80 (48 pages) Nachania (नचंनिया), translated as ‘female dancer’, refers to both a traditional Indo-Jamaican folk dance ...

The Miramar Cultural Center will present a captivating performance by the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica, ...

The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica will celebrate its 55th birthday with a pair of shows this weekend at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts. The performances on March 18 and 19 ...

When someone asks you about your background, how do you respond? Many would include a hyphen in their descriptions: German-American, French-Canadian, African-American, and so on. But Yvette Martinez ...

Dancers from the Caribbean Dance Company took the stage once again this month for the first time in two years, as they marked their 40th student showcase, “2021 Students of Caribbean Dance School,” at ...

I didn’t see her on any list of notables who died in 2013, but Marie Brooks — whose love of Afro-Caribbean dance and culture was expressed through decades of dedicated movement, passion and education ...

It is of inexhaustible interest to review the Christmastime theatrical and folk traditions in the Caribbean. There are several factors and characteristics worth analysing, including their origins, ...

During rehearsal, the music is spiritually uplifting for members of the Jamaican Folk Revue. In the church meeting room, they tell stories through lyrics, about love and marriage, dance and games, ...

Since the late nineteen-seventies, the streets of Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston, have been decorated with ad-hoc placards promising quick, transformative thrills. The signs—hand-painted on ...