Dances of the Carribean: A Demonstration

Sponsored by UI International Programs Stanley Grant

Join us for a very special Caribbean dance demonstration! It will take place near the intersection of Clinton and Washington Streets.

About:  

Kieron Dwayne is a Trinidadian-born Interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, drummer, and dance researcher. Mr. Sargeant holds an M.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography from Florida State University, a Master of Arts in Community Dance Practice from Ohio University and B.A in Dance from the University of West Indies. He is currently the Grant Wood Fellow in Interdisciplinary Performance and Dance at the University of Iowa.

His choreography has been presented nationally at SUNY-Brockport, Florida State University, Northwestern University, New York University (NYU) Universoul circus (Atlanta), Air Dance Conference (Miami), 621 Gallery, and internationally in Nigeria, Canada, Senegal, Mexico, London, Barcelona, Portugal, and Malaga.

Mr. Sargeant has conducted African Diaspora and Caribbean dance Masterclasses at Queensborough Community College, NYU Steinhardt, New York University, and Simon Fraser University of Contemporary Arts. Prior to this, he taught Masterclasses and Workshops in African-Caribbean, African-diasporic, and African-contemporary at Ecole Des Sables (Senegal), at the Mojuba Black Dance Festival,, the University of Florida, at the National Dance Education Colorado Conference, Sacramento State University, at Columbus State University, at Florida State University, at the Edna Manley School of the Performing Arts (Jamaica), at The Dance Guild (Nigeria), International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference (IABD) and the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD).

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