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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Eddy Thomas, co-founder of a prominent Jamaican dance company that sought to promote African heritage in a country emerging from under British rule, has died, the group ...
L'ANTOINETTE Stines, artistic director of L'Acadco dance group, is urging Jamaican entertainers to use professional dancers in their music videos. She made the call at the Creative Industries Open ...
Nettleford in 1965. Photo by Maria LaYacona. Jamaica has lost its equivalent of Alvin Ailey, Studs Turkel and Mikhail Baryshnikov, all wrapped in one. Rex Nettleford, the luminary dancer ...
From Jamaica's inner cities to MTV, dance-hall music, once relegated to ethnic and specialized markets, has gained worldwide popularity in the past decade. Thanks to his hit single "Gimme the ...
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 ...
The NDTC is a world renowned dance company, and buying a ticket to one of the shows… South Florida arts enthusiasts will soon be able to take a trip to Jamaica without getting on a boat or plane.
In The Dance exploded onto our television screens — with a myriad of eccentric dance moves, colourful, stylish fashion, and bona fide Jamaican artistes — in its 2010 debut. The culture-centric ...