Makeda Thomas' FreshWater @ Queen's Hall
Start Time: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:00pm End Time: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:00pm Location: Queen's Hall, Port-of-Spain. FROM THE ORGANISERS: Trinidad born, New York based choreographer Makeda Thomas will perform her critically acclaimed 'FreshWater' as part of the Contemporary Choreographers Collective's presentation for Dance Festival 2009 at Queen's Hall on October 15 and 16. Thomas describes ‘FreshWater’ as a dance between memory and reality. “The everyday reality of Trinidad is a cultural stream that fuses myth and fact, reason and irrationality, dream and vigil. I recall these rhythms, shapes, forms and symbols. I recall them in dance and music, which represents a vibrant, living institution for the study of the Amerindian-African- European-East Indian historical and cultural impact”, she says. “I recall them in the performance art of mas, the defining aspect of Trinidad’s Carnival. I recall them in the folklore, song, vernacular, and chanted, im...