DANSE BELE
CHOREOGRAPHY: BAKARI E. LINDSAY
PREMIERE DATE: MAY 4TH, 1995 (WINCHESTER STREET THEATRE)
CHOREOGRAPHY: BAKARI E. LINDSAY
PREMIERE DATE: MAY 4TH, 1995 (WINCHESTER STREET THEATRE)
Black and white images from the COBA performance 'Danse Bele'
Choreographic Statement:
DANSE BELE is a folk theatre work that traces the history of Caribbean Indigenous Folk dance tradition in Trinidad and Tobago. Beginning at the slave trade to hybrid rituals, folk dramas and contemporary folk expressions.
Original Cast:
Cindy Browne, Ayanna Bunyan, Ayesatta Conteh, Charmaine Headley, Anne-Marie Hood, BaKari E. Lindsay, Marlene Richardson, Kathryn Wellington-Duncan, Sammy Clarke, Anthony "Curwin" Baptiste, Richard "Popcorn" Cumberbatch, Roger Gibbs, Jehba Conteh, Percy Pilgrim
Music:
Traditional Drums and Chants
Costumes:
BaKari E. Lindsay
Script:
BaKari E. Lindsay
DANSE BELE is a folk theatre work that traces the history of Caribbean Indigenous Folk dance tradition in Trinidad and Tobago. Beginning at the slave trade to hybrid rituals, folk dramas and contemporary folk expressions.
Original Cast:
Cindy Browne, Ayanna Bunyan, Ayesatta Conteh, Charmaine Headley, Anne-Marie Hood, BaKari E. Lindsay, Marlene Richardson, Kathryn Wellington-Duncan, Sammy Clarke, Anthony "Curwin" Baptiste, Richard "Popcorn" Cumberbatch, Roger Gibbs, Jehba Conteh, Percy Pilgrim
Music:
Traditional Drums and Chants
Costumes:
BaKari E. Lindsay
Script:
BaKari E. Lindsay
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PHOTOS FROM DANSE BELE
The cast in 'Danse Bele'
Charmaine Headley in 'Danse Bele'
Charmaine Headley and the cast of 'Danse Bele'
