The Jamaica National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) will host two performances in Florida’s Broward and Miami Dade counties starting on October 1, 2022.

Both performances are being presented by the Louise Bennett-Coverley Heritage Council and under the patronage of Jamaica’s Consul General Oliver Mair.

The acclaimed NDTC has been performing all over the world with 120 overseas tours to the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, Australia, Russia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Martinique, Guyana, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, St Kitts, Antigua, US Virgin Islands, The Bahamas and Bermuda.

Formed in 1962, the year Jamaica claimed its independence, the volunteer members of the company tapped into their cultural heritage and indigenous traditions to create and perform works of a high standard that helped the Jamaican public to better appreciate the art of dance.

In doing so they astounded the world.

Sixty years later, this group of unpaid dancers, musicians and technicians double as students, teachers, doctors, lawyers, civil servants, farmers, and bankers, among other professions.

The company includes an accomplished group of singers, whose repertoire also taps traditional music collected from the field to form the basis of many of the scores used by the choreographers.

Similarly, there is a heavy reliance on traditional instruments to augment musical scores.