EXPLORING
Caribbean
CULTURE
Junkanoo
COUNTRY: The Bahamas
Waking up at the break of dawn to celebrate freedom at Junkanoo.
Landship
COUNTRY: Barbados
Honoring, and parodying, our oppressors with Landship.
Cha Cha Cha
COUNTRY: Cuba
We cha cha cha through the Havana night.
Merengue
COUNTRY: Dominican Republic
We learn to dance the Dominican Merengue.
Rara
COUNTRY: Haiti
We take to the Haitian streets for a rhythmic, elebratory experience known as “rara.”
Ska
COUNTRY: Jamaica
We dance through the past with three generations of ska.
Bèlè
COUNTRY: Martinique
Getting into a trance as we dance to a Bèlè beat.
Bomba
COUNTRY: U.S./Puerto Rico
Dancing the Puerto Rican bomba, where the dancers lead the drums.
Jounen Kweyol
COUNTRY: St. Lucia
Celebrating our St. Lucian heritage at Jounen Kweyol.
Calinda
COUNTRY: Trinidad and Tobago
Where Calinda is a stick fight but also a dance.
Extempo
COUNTRY: Trinidad and Tobago
We go in to calypso battle…with rhymes!