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WARNING: Files average 35 Megs (quicktime format), so please, no dial-up.
1. What is the main message you try to convey in your pieces?
2. What is your mission?
3. Do you have a different mission in the choreography you do for the group?
4. What was your inspiration for finding the company/starting Caribbean Dance Theatre?
5. When you create your pieces, is there something you want your dancers to feel in the choreography?
6. Do you do any specific warm-ups with the dancers to help them connect with the concepts you’re trying to convey?
7. Do you dance a story, or do you use a story to make a dance?
8. How important are the costumes, stage set-up, make-up, etc?
9. What is the difference between art and entertainment? Is the focus more on one or the other?
10. How do you experiment with cultural influences?
11. How to you contribute to multiculturalism within Toronto, in terms of maintaining your culture?
12. How do you work as an ambassador for your country? Culture?
13. What are your connections with your country and how do you express that? Do you have a certain memory? Is your connection because you’ve been there or is it through your family?
14. Do your views on culture affect your pieces?
15. Do you face any struggles being as a cultural company in a multicultural city?
16. What plans or goals do you have for the company in the future, or for yourself?
17. What is the biggest reward?
18. Any final comments regarding identity, dance, culture, etc?