UWI 8 Ensemble.
Jeannine Jones (right), Nikeisha Benjamin-Richardson (left) and Judy-Ann LeMaitre (back)
UWI 8 Ensemble’s collaborative choreography, born out of ideas posed by Dance Lecturer Jorge Luis Morejón and and movement propositions developed by the dancers, turned into a dance piece they titled Fragments. The Contemporary Choreographers’ Collective (nicknamed COCO ), a group of independent choreographers that offers performance support for choreographers working in unconventional ways in Trinidad and Tobago, saw the UWI 8’s work and invited the Ensemble to participate in COCO 2011’s celebration of “national, regional and international dance communities” (Creative Caribbean Network). This is how UWI 8 Ensemble, a group of dance students from the Creative and Festival Arts Center at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago, became part of COCO, the host of “multidisciplinary and culturally diverse programs,” which establish “a contemporary artists’ network” at the same time that pushes “the boundaries of dance practice.” All the students who were involved in the production of Fragments at the Little Carib Theatre in Port of Spain express their appreciation and gratitude to Dave Williams, Nicole Wesley, Nancy Herrera and Sonja Dumas, the organizers of the festival, for their vision and uninterrupted commitment with the development of the art of dance in the Caribbean.
LINKS:
http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/person/19319/en
http://www.facebook.com/pages/COCO-Dance-Festival/182281215175384
Jeannine Jones
Jeannine Jones
Judy-Ann LeMaitre
Hilary Pierre
Jeannine Jones (back) and Joanna Charles
Crystal Letren
UWI 8 Ensemble
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