Dance Grenada International Dance Festival

Welcome to the Inaugural Dance Grenada International Dance Festival. Dance Grenada, A Dance Festival that provides a platform for Grenadian and International dance artisans to share and increase their knowledge base of traditional and contemporary dance styles and techniques through dance workshops, performances and panel discussions, and symposiums while contributing to the larger Grenadian and dance community and the world around them.

The following are the options for the upcoming festival:

* Festival Packet-$175 USD (Pre-registration)

$200 USD(All Access)

* One Day Access Pass-$75 USD

$80 USD

*2 Class Pass- $40 USD

Each day participants will have the option of training with 6 highly trained dance masters in various dance styles and techniques in addition to listening to conversations around various topics within the field , deepening their outlook and perspective of the arts and culture around them.

Day 1

October 23

Dance Workshop I

6:00 PM- 7:15PM

Caribbean Contemporary

Shola K. Roberts

Welcome Ceremony/ Meet The Artists

7: 15 PM -8:30 PM

Day 2

October 24

Dance Workshop 1

10AM- 11:15AM

African

Akosua Akoto

Dance Workshop II

11:25AM- 12:50PM

Modern

Qarrianne Blayr

Panel Discussion/ Symposium/Lunch

1:00PM-2:00PM

Preserving Our Legacy and Culture: Dance Grenada

(Special Guest Artist and Melissa Noel)

Dance Workshop III

2:10 PM-3:25 PM

Traditional Grenadian Folk Dance

Cecilia Griffith

Dance Workshop IV

3:35 PM-4:50 PM

Hip- Hop

Otis Herring

Day 3

October 25

Panel Discussion/Symposium

10 AM- 11:00 AM

Shifting the Perspectives of the Art of Dance on the Island of Grenada

All Teaching Artist

(All Teaching Artist and Melissa Noel)

Dance Workshop I

11:10AM- 12:25PM

Afrobeat

Akosua Akoto

Dance Workshop II

12:35PM -1:50PM

Modern

Qarrianne Blayr

Panel Discussion/ Symposium/Lunch

2:00PM-3:00PM

The Need for Professional Development In and Beyond the Studio

(Special Guest Artist and Melissa Noel)

Dance Workshop III

3:10 PM- 4:25 PM

Popping

Alex Peters

Dance Workshop IV

4:35 PM- 5:50 PM

Traditional Grenadian Folklore- Bele/ Shango

Cecilia Griffith