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DANCE
THEATRE
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NATIONAL
DANCE
THEATRE
COMPANY
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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
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