NDTC performs at dance fest in Leicester

Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage recently hosted the National Dance Theatre Company from Jamaica as part of the Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF) annual dance festival at the Curve Theatre in Leicester.

This was NTDC’s second performance at the festival, now regarded as the leading forum for celebrating dance from the African Caribbean diaspora in the UK. Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the UK, Alexander Williams, and his wife, Carol Watson-Williams, were the special guests at a welcome reception, which was also hosted at the Curve before NDTC’s performance.

Pictured at the reception are (from left): Marlon D. Simms, artistic director of NDTC; Pawlet Brookes MBE, CEO, and artistic director of Serendipity Institute of Black Arts and Heritage; L’Antoinette Stines, artistic director of L’Acadco Dance Company; High Commissioner Alexander Williams; Mrs Watson-Williams; David Blake, academy director of Urdang; Brenda Edwards MBE, choreographer, consultant, and producer; Sharon Watson, CEO and principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance; and Desreine Taylor, consular for Diaspora Affairs at the Jamaica High Commission.

The NDTC performed nine works, including the popular Kumina by dance pioneer and company co-founder Rex Nettleford.