5678 Dance Studio - Info Guide 2020

Afiya Babb-Rameshwar
Folk (All levels)
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Afiya has been practicing the beautiful art of dance for over twenty-five years. She is a Secondary School Dance Teacher
and a graduate of the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and has graced many stages locally,
regionally and internationally. She was a proud member of the Trinidad & Tobago Performing contingent for the 2006 World
Cup and enjoyed success as a competitor in the BMobile DanceOff series, emerging as champions in 2009 with her Hiphop/
Dancehall Fusion group, Dancaholix.
She is a performer, choreographer and member of the Malick Folk Performing Company. She studied Folk Dance with folk
giants Michael Lucien and Derrick Cassonova. As a result of her high skill level, she trained under the watchful eye of Sat
Balkaransingh in the intricate art of Indian Classical Dance and performed with his Kathak Kala Sangam Dance Troupe.
She also trained under Andre Largen in modern and contemporary dance styles whilst with the UWI Dance Assemble and
performed with Carib Dance Company.
In spite of her many years of experiences at practicing and honing her skills, Afiya still considers herself a student of the craft
and continues to push the boundaries of learning and performing new styles and new techniques.
Adele Bynoe
Modern Folk
Encouraged by her parents and her mentor Pat Bishop to pursue an artistic career, Adele Bynoe is an all round practitioner
of the arts. In her roles as dancer, dramatist, choreographer, visual artist, musician and arts educator Adele has worked with
Derek Walcott’s Trinidad Theatre Company and the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, UWI St Augustine.
With a heart for children, Adele enjoys assisting educators and practitioners alike to develop and execute methods in
arts education. She has taught and continues to teach children at the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, UWI St
Augustine Community School for the Arts. She is one of our resident choreographers at &5678 Dance Studio and is also the
resident camp instructor for Art and Modern Folk. Adele is the recipient of several awards including 3 Cacique awards for
choreography.
Associate Instructors
Penelope Kalloo
At a young age, Penelope Kalloo danced with Pat Roe at the Caribbean School of Dance. As a student at the St Augustine
Girls High School, she continued studying modern dance with Noble Douglas and eventually became a company member
of the Noble Douglas Dance Company Inc.
After earning the BSc in Computer Science and Mathematics at UWI and working for a short time in Trinidad, she pursued the
MA in Performance and Choreography at New York University and began teaching dance in New York’s public high school
system.
In New York she performed and toured with Loris Beckles ‘Blue Mercury Dancing Company, Abdel Salaam and Diane Harvey’s
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre and Reggie Wilson’s Fist and Heel Dance Company. She later studied Bharat Natyam for
about 8 years under Jaan Freeman and performed her Arengaetram in 2012. She has done the 200, 500 & 800 hr yoga
teacher immersion trainings with her Guru Sri Dharma Mittra. She continues to teach dance and yoga in the public high
school systemin NY and substitute teaches for her Guru at his yoga centre.
At &5678 Penny is one of our resident choreographers and teaches the Horton style of modern dance as well as yoga at our
Dance Intensive program.
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