Celebrate Caribbean Heritage Month with DCC!
NEW TRADITIONS FESTIVAL 2017: "Our Caribbean Spirit" 3-night dance festival produced by Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE, in honor of Caribbean-American Heritage Month. Each night of the festival we present exciting dance performances by local Caribbean choreographers and a signature collaborative dance project titled, “Our Caribbean Spirit’. TODAY is the last day to snag
EARLY -EARLY BIRD TICKETS! Tickets: $30 EARLY EARLY BIRD: $25 (no fee - limited!)
'Our Caribbean Spirit' Project
As Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE (DCC) continues to grow, we have embarked on a new journey with the ‘Our Caribbean Spirit Project,’ presenting an interview series, corresponding video documentation, and a collaborative dance project to connect with Caribbean Diaspora communities in multiple ways. This includes forming alliances with individuals, groups, and organizations whose focus is on the retention of Caribbean dance traditions, in addition to providing a platform to investigate the meaning of Caribbean-ness through dance, particularly for those who are Caribbean-American or are Caribbean people living abroad. All of this knowledge converges at New Traditions Festival 2017.
"The Our Caribbean Spirit" interview series comprises several chats with artists, educators, and cultural activists who are immersed in their traditional forms. We are interested in the embodiment of these practices and their connection to identity, citizenship, and survival.
Caribbean Heritage Month Events - DCC
“The Sabrosura Effect” fuses a stray of Cuban folkloric and popular dance, NY Style Salsa and Contemporary movement to their repertoire.
Open Rehearsal at BKSD
June 1st & 2nd
Get a sneak peek inside the rehearsal process for New Traditions 2017. The theme for this year’s New Traditions festival is ‘Our Caribbean Spirit’. This features a collaborative community dance project that explores how the movement from various island cultures tells the story of our resilience and exuberance.
Chris Walker’s Dancehall Roots class is designed to reaffirm the physical effects of African cultures in the Caribbean, through its retention in the traditional and folk dances of Jamaica and further translated to popular and social dance forms.
Samba Afro is a popular lively dance form created by Afro-Brazilian Carnaval Groups of Bahia, Brazil. Learn about the evolution of this dance form: from the Orixás (deities) of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé to the contemporary Samba Afro vernacular.
Caribbean Film Academy presents
"Play the Devil" By Maria Govan
June 6th
Caribbean Film Academy presents films by Caribbean Film makers, which highlights the richness, uniqueness, and viability of Caribbean Cinema to Brooklyn, home to the largest population of Caribbean Nationals.
Caribbean Cultural Theatre presents
Poetry is an Island: Derek Walcott
June 1st
An intimate documentary telling the story of the late, Nobel Prize winning poet and writer, Derek Walcott, set int eh beloved island of his birth, St. Lucia
WIADAC presents
"EAT CARIBBEAN WEEK"
A week for New York City to enjoy Caribbean Cuisine as Caribbean restaurants offer five menus/specials from June 18th to June 25th. More infohere
CBC in collaboration with Union of Jamaica Alumni Association, UJAA, will celebrate two important milestones in the lives of people in the Caribbean Diaspora; Caribbean American Heritage month and CBC's 5th Anniversary. More infohere
