5678 Dance Studio - Info Guide 2020

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Folk:
Trinidad and Tobago Folk Dance has its roots in our African, Spanish,
French, East Indian and British heritage. The styles of folk dances that
were practiced were developed and reflective of the life of the people of
Trinidad and Tobago, and to an extent the Caribbean, during our colonial
period. The numerous styles of dances echo ethnic, religious, traditional
and ritualistic practices of the different cultures and make for a unique
and interesting marriage of flavours, expressions, music and costumes.
Limon:
Jose Limón was a dancer and choreographer who
developed what is now known as ‘Limón technique’. He
went on to become one of the most renowned modern
dancers and choreographers of the 20th century. The
dance technique he created emphasizes the importance
of body weight and dynamics, the rhythms of falling
and recovering balance and the importance of good
breathing to maintaining flow in a dance and the fluid
succession of one movement into the next.
His technique is also known for its inherent musicality,
develops both strength and flexibility, its wide range
of dramatic expression, and its lucid humanism and
works with an energy that is constantly in motion.
He also utilized the dance vocabulary developed by
both Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, which
aimed at demonstrating emotion through dance in
a way that was much less strict and stylized than
ballet as well as used movements of the body that
felt most natural and went along with gravity.
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