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 ...

When you’re hot you’re hot. And when you’re not–well, if you’re the West Indian Folk Dance Company, you’re still pretty entertaining. A recent rehearsal of the first half of the troupe’s upcoming ...

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 ...

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, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Shubert Theatre and International Festival of Ars & Ideas will co-present the ...

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 ...