Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2017 (#28)

Indian classical dance
chris anderson
Theatre & dance
THEATRE
Productions of both local and foreign musicals,
plays, and experimental performances are
staged by commercial, university, and community
theatre companies.
DANCE
Schools and companies present in a range of
styles — regional folk dance (including the indigenous
limbo, bongo, and bele), ballet, jazz,
modern, and Indian classical, plus experimental
multi-media productions.
VENUES
Look for shows at Queen’s Hall, the National
Academy for Performing Arts (NAPA), Central
Bank Auditorium, Little Carib Theatre, Trinidad
Theatre Workshop (Port of Spain); the CLR
James Auditorium and University of the West
Indies (UWI) in the east; and Naparima Bowl and
SAPA (the southern campus of the NAPA) in
San Fernando.
Visual arts
VENUES
Art galleries in Trinidad exhibit both new work
and collections of historical importance.
See: the seven galleries of the National Museum,
and spaces like 101 Art Gallery, Alice Yard,
Fine Art, Horizons, Medulla, Softbox Studios,
Studio 66, among others. The Art Society of
T&T: 622-9827
RENOWNED ARTISTS
Look out for MP Alladin, Sybil Atteck, Ralph and
the late Vera Baney, Pat Bishop, Isaiah Boodhoo,
Edward Bowen, Carlisle Chang, Leroy Clarke,
Chris Cozier, Ken Crichlow, Jackie Hinkson, Boscoe
Holder, Paul Llanos, Dermot Louison, Che
Lovelace, Shastri Maharaj, Wendy Nanan, Lisa
O’Connor, Shalini Seereeram, Peter Sheppard,
Irénée Shaw, Sundiata, Jasmine Thomas-Girvan,
and Noel Vaucrosson, to name but a few;
and the 19th-century painter Michel-Jean Cazabon.
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