'Neath De Mas'
Premiered at Dancing While Black: jumpin fences at Brooklyn Arts Exchange on March 5, 2016 and further developed for New Traditions Festival 2016: Dance Your Caribbean by Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE.
Performers: Candace Thompson, Alicia Dellimore, Shola Roberts
Sound: Born for this by Skinny Fabulous, Laventille Riddim Section #3 by Laventille Riddim Section, Show off by Destra Garcia, and Live drumming recording at Grenada Day performed by Greenhouse
Run time: 17 minutes
'Neath de Mas' comments on contemporary Caribbean carnival practices and their underlying roots in rebellion.
See early version of the work here: