NATIONAL
DANCE
THEATRE
COMPANY

NATIONAL
DANCE
THEATRE
COMPANY

REPERTOIRE

1989

Praise Songs

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Sophie MGcina, Mbongeri Mgema, & Hugh Masekela, Mahlathini Mamatshezula
Costumes: Tony Wilson

The Vow

Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Mordecai Seter
Costumes\Décor: Easton Lee and Denise Robinson

Legacy

Choreography: Tony Wilson
Music: Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Edi Gorme, Frank Sinatra
Costumes/Décor: Tony Wilson

1988

Flash Of The Spirit

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Ralph McDonald
Costumes: Arlene Richards
Commissioned by Carreras Group Limited

Dis Poem

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Mutabaruka, Carl Jacob
Costumes: Pansy Hassan, Rex Nettleford, Bert Rose
Décor: Bert Rose

Caribbean Canvas

Choreography: Bert Rose
Music: Marjorie Whylie
Costumes\Décor: Bert Rose

Dance Jamaica

Choreography: Tony Wilson
Music: Mikey Smith, Third World
Costumes\Décor: Tony Wilson

1987

Children Of Mosiah

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Selections by the heirs of Marcus Garvey, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Bob Marley, Lillian Allen, Jimmy Cliff and Additional drumming arranged by Marjorie Whylie
Costumes\Décor: Don Buckner

Edna M

Choreography: Bert Rose
Music: Bach and Ennio Morricone
Costumes\Décor: Bert Rose
Commissioned by Jamaica Citizens Bank Limited

Sunday Morning

Choreography: Barbara Requa
Music: Harry Belafonte et al
Costumes:Tony Wilson

Fedora

Choreography: Tony Wilson
Music: True Confession
Costumes\Décor: Tony Wilson

Primal Encounters

Choreography: Tony Wilson
Music: Duke Ellington
Costumes\Décor: Tony Wilson

Makers And Made

Choreography: Joyce Campbell
Music: Adaptations by Moe Kaufman of J.S. Bach
Costumes\Décor: Denise Robinson
Commissioned by Alcan Jamaica

The Black Widow

Choreography: Clive Thompson
Music: Arranged by Marjorie Whylie

Three Penny Pieces

Choreography: Elizabeth Keen
Music: Kurt Weill
Costumes: Charles Shoomacker

1986

Santify

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Marjorie Whylie, Keith Francis & Wayne Armond
Costumes\Décor: Pansy Hassan et al

One Time

Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Harold Butler
Costumes: Sheila Barnett

Forest Ritual

Choreography: Tony Wilson
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Costumes: Tony Wilson

1985

Islands

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Irving Burgie and Traditional arranged and conducted by Larry Ashmore
Costumes: Sonia Vaz
Décor: Norman Russell
Commissioned by NCR Jamaica Ltd.

Puncie

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Peter Ashbourne
Costumes: Tony Wilson
Commissioned by H.D. Hopwood and Company

Heiress

Choreography: Tony Wilson
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Costumes\Décor: Tony Henry & Tony Wilson

Treadmill

Choreography: Barbara Requa
Music: Don Shirley
Costumes: Denise Robinson

It’s You

Choreography: Barry Moncrieffe
Music: Stevie Wonder
Costumes: Denise Robinson

Marti-Bond

Choreography: Joyce Campbell
Music: Samuel Barber
Costumes\Décor: Tony Wilson

Renaissance

Choreography: Bert Rose
Music: Duke Ellington
Costumes: Bert Rose

1984

Vibrations

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Ya-Ya, R. Broomfield & Franklyn Papa Levi, arrangement by Marjorie Whylie
Costumes: Tony Wilson
Décor: Norman Russell

Encounters

Choreography: Bert Rose
Music: George Gershwin
Costumes: Denise Robinson

Reminiscence

Choreography: Bert Rose
Music: Nina Simone

Dream On Squatters’ Mountain

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Selections from ‘Poppie Nongena’ (composed by Sophie Mgcina), Additional music by Nana Vasconcelos-Ondas
Costumes/Décor: Donat Buckner
Commissioned by General Management Company Limited

Moods-Suite

Choreography: Joyce Campbell
Music: Les Baxter
Costumes: Denise Robinson

1983

Gerrehbenta

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Traditional (Arranged by Marjorie Whylie)
Costumes/Décor: Donat Bucknor

Soulscape

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: George Gershwin
Costumes: Denise Robinson, Gabrielle Harban

Summer Is

Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Paulette Cousins
Décor: Pansy Hassan

Trio

Choreography: Barbara Requa
Music: Fritz Kreisler
Costumes: Barbara Requa

Progeny

Choreography: Tony Wilson
Music: Tomaso Albinoni
Costumes: Denise Robinson

Recollections

Choreography: Clive Thompson
Music: Ramsey Lewis
Costumes: Charles Schoomaker

1982

Litany

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Marjorie Whylie (theme: Peter Ashbourne)
Costumes: Gabrielle Harban

The Visitor

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Aaron Copland
Costumes/Décor: Susan Alexander

Fantasy

Choreography: Barbara Requa
Music: Chick Corea
Costumes/Décor: Barbara Requa

Phases

Choreography: Tony Wilson
Music: Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock
Costumes: Denise Robinson

Just Time

Choreography: Tony Wilson
Music: Two Tops of Fun

1981

Rockstone Debate

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Bob Marley, Marjorie Whylie
Costumes: Pansy Hassan
Décor: Rex Nettleford

The Gospel According To

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: American Spirituals (Don Shirley, arr.)
Costumes: Rex Nettleford, Pansy Hassan
Décor: David Boxer
Commissioned by Alcan Jamaica Limited

Solitude

(Solo)
Choreography: Jackie Guy
Music: Tomaso Albinoni (lyrics: Morgana King)
Costumes: Jackie Guy

1980

Two Drums For Babylon

New Production
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Peter Ashbourne
Costumes: Based on original designs by Eddy Thomas
Décor: Rex Nettleford

Caribbean Suite

Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Traditional, Marjorie Whylie
Costumes: George McGann

Sulkari

Choreography: Eduardo Rivero-Walker
Music: Traditional Cuban Yoruba
Costumes/Lighting: Eduardo Rivero-Walker
Courtesy Danza Nacional de Cuba

Romance

(Love duet)
Choreography: Eduardo Rivero-Walker
Costumes: Eduardo Rivero-Walker