COCO DANCE FESTIVAL 2023: Program 1 (Part 2)

Dance artist at COCO DANCE FESTIVAL last year. Photo by Karen Johnstone’s Motiontography.

By A’Keitha Carey

On Saturday, October 28, 2023, I attended Program 1 of the curated performances of COCO Dance Festival 2023 in Trinidad and Tobago. The evening began with a pre-show performance titled “How We Danced Our Way Back Home” (Nigeria and T&T, 2023) choreographed by Amir Denzel Hall and Ayodamola Okunseinde and performed by PACCINO. The performance took place outside in the courtyard area with the beautiful backdrop of the city lights and buildings. Read more.

From staff to the curatorial decisions, The Joyce invests in diversity

Melanie George curated The Joyce’s American Dance Platform this year. Photo by JD Urban.

The Global Reckoning on Race in 2020 forced nonprofit and corporate organizations to examine their biases and take stock of their investment in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).

 Arts organizations adopted land acknowledgments, and purposefully directed energy and funding to support Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) artists. Read more.