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The Department of Culture will host the 15th Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) National Dance Festival under the theme, 'Dancepiration'.
The festival is slated for four (4) weekends in September: 14th, 21st and 28th, Preliminaries, with the Finals on 12th October, 2024. There will be five (5) categories comprising Traditional and Creative Folk Dance in week one, Modern Dance in week two, and Social/Ballroom and Hip-Hop in week three.
This year’s festival will showcase choreographies in all categories including Solos in the Modern and Popular Dance genres and Duets in Modern, Social and Hip-hop categories. There will be the Trio in the Modern Dance category only.
Each week of the festival would highlight a different sub-theme:
- Week 1: Traditional and Creative Folk- Echoes of the Past
- Week 2: Modern - Elements of Motion
- Week 3: Social & Popular- Glitz and Glamour
The festival will consist of Primary and Secondary schools as well as Community Groups in both Junior and Senior categories.
SOURCE: Agency For Public Information (API)