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New Waves Dance and Performance Institute aka. Dance and Performance Institute of Trinidad and Tobago

The Dance & Performance Institute is an international community of dance and performance artists, a forum for exchange, and series of programs on contemporary dance and performance based in Trinidad & Tobago. The Institute spearheads the Artist in Residence program, the Carnival Performance Institute, and New Waves! Institute.

The Institute is directed and curated by Makeda Thomas, with the support of a growing community of artists, scholars, teachers and network partners.

History

The New Waves! Institute was established in 2011 and has since gathered over 300 dance artists, teachers, and scholars in the Caribbean. Each year, participants, staff and a renowned faculty of international artists form a supportive and inspiring community that has created a unique space for dialogue, networking, experimentation and collaboration. The program has been made possible through a major partnership with and held at the University of Trinidad & Tobago/Academy for Performing Arts, within the National Academy for Performing Arts in Port of Spain in 2011-2013 and 2015. In 2014, the New Waves! Institute was held in Jacmel & Port au Prince, Haiti and in New York in 2017. New Waves! Institute is a program of the Dance & Performance Institute. Founded in 2010, the Dance & Performance Institute is an international community of dance and performance artists, a forum for exchange, and series of programs on contemporary dance and performance based in Trinidad & Tobago. The Institute also spearheads the Artist in Residence program and the Carnival Performance Institute. The Dance & Performance Institute is directed and curated by Makeda Thomas, with the support of a growing community of artists, scholars, teachers and network partners.