DCC Launches the New Traditions Choreographic Incubator Award & Caribbean Explorations Fellowship!
Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE, moving to its 5th year, launches a new award program to support Caribbean artists and increase cultural production in Caribbean dance in New York City. Candace Thompson-Zachery, The Founding Director, an established Trinidadian dancer and cultural producer laments that 'support and access to mentorship to sustain Caribbean cultural practices often gets left to happenstance. We want our cultural leaders to have what they need to inspire and educate audiences, and to thrive as individuals.’
2019 New Tradition Incubator Award Recipients
Sade Bully (Dominica - Jamaica - USA)
Persephone DaCosta (Trinidad & Tobago - USA)
Kevin L. McEwen (Trinidad & Tobago - USA)
Maria Rivera (Puerto Rico - USA)
Gabriela Silva (Brasil - USA)
New Traditions Artists are provided with...
2019 New Traditions Caribbean Explorations Fellowship Recipient
Kyle Marshall (Jamaica - USA)
New Traditions Caribbean Exploration Fellowship Recipients will work with DCC scholars to guide their conceptual research within Caribbean Culture. Support will be provided for the creative process, for a work of the Fellow's choosing, and the Fellows will have opportunities for participation and community building within the Dance Caribbean Collective network.
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Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE, moving to its 5th year, launches a new award program to support Caribbean artists and increase cultural production in Caribbean dance in New York City. Candace Thompson-Zachery, The Founding Director, an established Trinidadian dancer and cultural producer laments that 'support and access to mentorship to sustain Caribbean cultural practices often gets left to happenstance. We want our cultural leaders to have what they need to inspire and educate audiences, and to thrive as individuals.’
2019 New Tradition Incubator Award Recipients
Sade Bully (Dominica - Jamaica - USA)
Persephone DaCosta (Trinidad & Tobago - USA)
Kevin L. McEwen (Trinidad & Tobago - USA)
Maria Rivera (Puerto Rico - USA)
Gabriela Silva (Brasil - USA)
New Traditions Artists are provided with...
- A stipend
- No-cost rehearsal space
- Mentorship
- A group showing that will take place in June
2019 New Traditions Caribbean Explorations Fellowship Recipient
Kyle Marshall (Jamaica - USA)
New Traditions Caribbean Exploration Fellowship Recipients will work with DCC scholars to guide their conceptual research within Caribbean Culture. Support will be provided for the creative process, for a work of the Fellow's choosing, and the Fellows will have opportunities for participation and community building within the Dance Caribbean Collective network.
READ MORE HERE
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