The Caribbean School of Dancing (CSD) and its company, Metamorphosis Dance Company, won several awards in the recent All Dance International (ADI) World Championships in Orlando. The awards ceremony was held on November 25 following live competitions. This is an extended version of the article published in the T&T Guardian on December 14, 2018 CSD … Continue reading
The San Juan North Secondary School won a slew of awards on November 30 in the Secondary Schools Drama Festival. The school will go on to represent T&T in the Caribbean Schools’ Drama Festival in St. Lucia in 2019. The production of The Curious Cat won awards for Most Outstanding Production; Costume; Set Design; Choreography; … Continue reading
The Rotaract Club of Port-of-Spain West, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Port-of-Spain, will be hosting its second Annual Fun Day for Children with Disabilities. The event will take place on December 8 at Nelson Mandela Park. Community Service Director 2018/2019, Mishaal Primer said the fun day is one of the club’s signature events … Continue reading
The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) will present its annual New Director’s Forum: Festival of Plays between November 23 and 25. The Festival features six plays beginning at 6 pm and 8 pm on Friday and Saturday and 4 pm and 6 pm on Sunday. This annual student production showcases student directors pursuing … Continue reading
Khadine Ali-Rajah is the first ever psychologist to be certified in Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) in T&T. A branch of behavioural psychology, ABA is a research-based form of therapy which focuses on using positive strategies to change behaviour, and certified ABA therapists are in high demand worldwide. Ali-Rajah said therapists who pass the exam on … Continue reading
As singing actor Raguel Gabriel begins his third and final year of study at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City, he’s looking toward the future after school. Gabriel said he wants to be known as “the singing actor from T&T who does theatre, film, musical theatre, the Hugh Jackman of T&T. … Continue reading
“We are Girl Be Heard!” was the rallying cry at the Central Bank Auditorium as the first cycle of Girl Be Heard TT came to an end with the final production, UnMasked. The production told the story of Maia, who grew up in a single parent household being abused by her mother after her father … Continue reading
This year’s Arts-in-Action Summer Camp is themed Memories, in honour of recently deceased cultural icons Narcenio ‘Señor’ Gomez, Samuel ‘Brigo’ Abraham and Sir Derek Walcott. The title is also taken from a classic calypso of the same name by the Mighty Sparrow where he sings into memory the names, lives and work of important cultural … Continue reading
Musician Abhijit Anchortassoo says his interest in Indian classical music began when his family sent him to classes in the genre at age eight. Now, at age 20, he says music is what he wants to do for the rest of his life. Anchortassoo plays a wide range of instruments, including the harmonium, guitar, piano, … Continue reading
Closing Doors: The Final Recital is the final year concert put on by sisters LeAndra and Tylah Head as they complete their music degree at UTT. They describe the free recital, which is one of the final requirements to complete the degree, as the grand finale to their time at the University. The sisters, who … Continue reading
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