Following your dreams can lead you to far away places. In the case of T&T singer Danielle Williams, her determination to forge a career in opera has led her to the Härnösands Folkhögskola (College) in Sweden, where she is pursuing a two-year opera studio program. Originally published in the T&T Guardian on July 31, 2016 … Continue reading
Marcus Waldron is a young Trinidadian theatre director who has been accepted to the Yale School of Drama in Connecticut. He will be pursuing a Special Research Fellowship in Theatre Direction over the course of four months. Waldron’s tuition is being paid by the college, but he is currently trying to raise approximately TT$71,300 in … Continue reading
Art educator and poet Arielle John exudes an aura of intensity and focus, whether performing Spoken Word on stage, talking about human rights activism or her work with teenagers. It’s little wonder that she’s been accepted by the prestigious Goldsmith University, University of London, to pursue a Masters of Arts (MA) in Performance and Culture. … Continue reading
“It’s really not easy for the average working person to manage an illness in this country.” These are the words of comedian and actor Clifford Learmond as he negotiates the aftermath of a heart attack in February. An angiogram showed that Learmond will need bypass surgery, as his arteries are severely blocked, due to a … Continue reading
Safe spaces are important for everyone. They are places they can go to and be ourselves, without fear of shaming or reprisal. For many Trinbagonians, this can be a bar, or a church, or a community centre, etc. For some members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community in T&T, such a … Continue reading
Fundraising to continue to attend school abroad is an ongoing process, as seen by a number of concerts held recently by students from T&T in an effort to raise funds for their next semester of study. One such upcoming concert is PROLOGUE Part 2: True Love at St. Finbar’s Auditorium on January 15, being put … Continue reading
Driven is the first word that comes to mind when meeting Kalifa Damani. The 26-year-old Chaguanas resident gave off an air of determination and focus as she spoke about her plans to improve children’s self-confidence through the use of technology. Damani said currently there is no proper policy for the use of laptops which secondary … Continue reading
Frustration. That’s how performing arts students applying for Government help to study abroad describe the feeling when they’re told that they can’t get funding. They feel it’s shameful that even though people with the skills they want to acquire are needed in the Arts sector, an investment is not being made in people who want … Continue reading
This school term has seen many talented young Trinbagonians being accepted to study at performing arts schools all over the world. Many applied for these international programs because the training in their discipline was not available to them in T&T. Finding money for college is hard and more so for college abroad. The obstacles … Continue reading
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