[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1469750621956{margin-top: 15px !important;background-color: #ffdd49 !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Dance Caribbean Collective in the Press” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][ult_buttons btn_title=”Download and View Press Kit” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fdancecaribbeancollective.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F08%2FDCC-PressKit-201608.pdf||target:%20_blank” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_size=”ubtn-small” btn_title_color=”#7a4c2e” btn_bg_color=”#ff8249″ btn_bg_color_hover=”#ffdd49″ btn_title_color_hover=”#7a4c2e” icon=”Defaults-file-pdf-o” icon_size=”18″ icon_color=”#7a4c2e” btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left” btn_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” css_adv_btn=”.vc_custom_1470341253127{margin-top: 25px !important;padding-top: 6px !important;padding-right: 6px !important;padding-bottom: 6px !important;padding-left: 6px !important;}” btn_font_size=”desktop:18px;” btn_line_height=”desktop:20px;”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2855″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”http://www.dance-enthusiast.com/get-involved/reviews/view/All-Ah-We-is-One-Family-June-12-2016″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
All Ah We is One Family
Audience Review | June 12, 2016
“…this work merits accolades and support from the community and funders/donors alike because it provides African Diasporic folk with a sense of “facing home” in spaces that are becoming non-existent and futile. Her work affords us an opportunity identify and survive.” Read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”2″ el_width=”70″ accent_color=”#ff8249″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2863″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”http://www.styleandvibes.com/2016/06/dance-caribbean-new-traditions-festival-cahm-event-nyc/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
Dance Your Caribbean New Traditions Festival – A #CAHM Event in NYC
by Mikelah | June 6, 2016
“Dance and movement is such a big part of how many of us identify. All of our major festivals and celebrations involve movement – Carnival, Jouvay, Dancehall, Wakes, Orisha rituals, Mashramani, Junkanoo, Parang the list goes on. ” Read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”2″ el_width=”70″ accent_color=”#ff8249″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2854″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://ptofcontact.com/2016/06/02/dance-caribbean-collective-strengthens-new-traditions-with-second-annual-festival/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1469840776199{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”]
Dance Caribbean Collective Strengthens “New Traditions” with second annual Festival
by Katherine Bergstrom
June 2, 2016
“…the New Traditions Festival [highlights] those artists who are working at the crux of several intersecting identities, melding the heritage and history of their families’ Caribbean communities with their experiences in the U.S. to unpack the social politics of the Caribbean-American experience through dance. ” Read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”2″ el_width=”70″ accent_color=”#ff8249″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image source=”external_link” alignment=”center” external_style=”vc_box_border” external_border_color=”white” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” custom_src=”http://www.brooklynrail.org/images/rail-logotype.png” link=”http://www.brooklynrail.org/2015/09/dance/five-on-the-black-hand-side-dapline”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
Five on the Black Hand Side / Dapline!
by Jaime Shearn Coan | Sept. 8, 2015
“[The] effect of these parallel narratives placed side by side is that Thompson evokes a representation of femininity as binding and precarious, while Young appears at ease in a more androgynous mode of expression…” Read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”2″ el_width=”70″ accent_color=”#ff8249″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2806″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”http://infinitebody.blogspot.com/2015/07/candace-thompson-caribbean-dance.html”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
Caribbean Dance Artists Step Forward
by Eva Yaa Asantewaa | July 22, 2015
“For me, it’s still contemporary dance. It’s just coming from where I come from, from my background, my nationality… For some reason it gets separated from contemporary dance because it has this diasporic angle… Why can’t that work be alongside any other work?” Read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”2″ el_width=”70″ accent_color=”#ff8249″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2807″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” border_color=”white” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”http://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2015/6/2015-06-12-ao-caribbean-dance-cl.html”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
DANCE CARIBBEAN
by Alley Olivier | June 10, 2015
“Exploring the dimensions of what contributes in shaping our identities while managing the influence of Caribbean heritage – whether native or a descendant – Candace Thompson aims to push those conversations through dance…” Read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1469842253256{margin-top: 35px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;background-color: #ff8249 !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Additional Coverage” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:40px|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1469842048080{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]
Shining, Shaping + Standard Making: Candace Thompson Crafts Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE
By Sydnie L. Mosley | Love Stutter Blog | June 9, 2016
Redemption dance: Festival uses Bob Marley’s music to highlight homophobia
By Alexandra Simon | Brooklyn Paper | June 8, 2016
New Traditions Festival 2016 by Dance Caribbean Collective
By Romola Lucas | The Caribbean Film Academy Blog | June 6, 2016
Brooklyn Arts Council Grantee Interview Series: Friends with Money
From BK Arts Council Blog | May 19, 2016
THE DANCE CARIBBEAN COLLECTIVE AND THE “DIASPORA DANCE SERIES”
REPEATING ISLANDS | March 28, 2016
Dance your way to fitness, Carib style/strong>
By Alley Olivier | Caribbean Life | March 25, 2016
Caribbean Film Series: Spotlight Interview
With Curtis John | March 1, 2016
Haitian American Dancer Performs in the First Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE Event of the Year
By Jasmine Nelson | Atlanta Black Star | June 10, 2015
Meet Candace Thompson, the Force Behind The Dance Caribbean Collective.
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