Mon | Dec 2, 2024

Something Extra | Friday

Published:Friday | July 29, 2022 | 12:05 AM
Pause
From left: National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) founding member Bridget Spaulding; musical director emerita Marjorie Whylie, and Carole Reid, company treasurer and former NDTC singer, made a fabulous trio.
Contributed
From left: National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) founding member Bridget Spaulding; musical director emerita Marjorie Whylie, and Carole Reid, company treasurer and former NDTC singer, made a fabulous trio.
Former NDTC dancer Cheryl Ryman (left) and Dr L’Antoinette Stines, artistic director of L’Acadco - A United Caribbean Dance Force, were seated and ready for the show.
Contributed
Former NDTC dancer Cheryl Ryman (left) and Dr L’Antoinette Stines, artistic director of L’Acadco - A United Caribbean Dance Force, were seated and ready for the show.
Bridget Casserly Spaulding (right), a founding NDTC dancer, and friend, Shelly Glaze, were timeless in black and white.
Michael Reckord
Bridget Casserly Spaulding (right), a founding NDTC dancer, and friend, Shelly Glaze, were timeless in black and white.
Author Patricia Reid Waugh poses beside a mannequin in the Little Theatre foyer.
Michael Reckord
Author Patricia Reid Waugh poses beside a mannequin in the Little Theatre foyer.
Rajeave Mattis, Edna Manley College graduate and teacher, was on hand for the NDTC’s first full live annual theatre season in three years.
Michael Reckord
Rajeave Mattis, Edna Manley College graduate and teacher, was on hand for the NDTC’s first full live annual theatre season in three years.
From right: Olivier Guyonvarch, French ambassador to Jamaica, with wife Boulie Jeong and their daughter, Ophélie.
Contributed
From right: Olivier Guyonvarch, French ambassador to Jamaica, with wife Boulie Jeong and their daughter, Ophélie.
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, took her nieces out for night dedicated to the very best of dance.
Contributed
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, took her nieces out for night dedicated to the very best of dance.
Artistic director Marlon D. Simms (left) greets N. Nick Perry, the United States ambassador to Jamaica, as he enters the Little Theatre with wife Joyce.
Contributed
Artistic director Marlon D. Simms (left) greets N. Nick Perry, the United States ambassador to Jamaica, as he enters the Little Theatre with wife Joyce.
From left: Keita-Marie Chamberlain Clarke, company secretary, with former NDTC principal dancer Melanie Graham and her husband, Douglas Graham.
Contributed
From left: Keita-Marie Chamberlain Clarke, company secretary, with former NDTC principal dancer Melanie Graham and her husband, Douglas Graham.
Former NDTC singer Dulcie Bogues (left) with former NDTC dancer Cheryl Rhyman.
Contributed
Former NDTC singer Dulcie Bogues (left) with former NDTC dancer Cheryl Rhyman.
NDTC Chairman Milton Samuda (left) shares a laugh with Michael Holgate, artistic director, The ASHE Company.
Contributed
NDTC Chairman Milton Samuda (left) shares a laugh with Michael Holgate, artistic director, The ASHE Company.
Actress and producer Nadean Rawlins smiles broadly for the camera in the Little Theatre lobby.
Michael Reckord
Actress and producer Nadean Rawlins smiles broadly for the camera in the Little Theatre lobby.
Actress, writer, producer and media personality Dahlia Harris’ ‘rocking’ Rastafarian-coloured dress was perfect for the occasion.
Michael Reckord
Actress, writer, producer and media personality Dahlia Harris’ ‘rocking’ Rastafarian-coloured dress was perfect for the occasion.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

Only the red carpet was missing. Apart from that, last Friday night’s gala opening of the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica’s 2022 season of dance had all the glitter and glamour, and the pomp, pageantry and posing of any Hollywood or Broadway opening night. Perhaps because of the three-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event drew a particularly enthusiastic audience to a show featuring well-received old and new works. Something Extra brings you the highlights.