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Traditional Bahamian Dance - The Junkanoo
The Junkanoo is a Bahamian festival that is still a significant part of the
folklore of the people that has its origin in Africa. The Black slaves who
were brought from Africa to work on plantations in the Bahamas brought it to
the Bahamas. Basil Cracknell (1974) described Junkanoo as a masked dance,
which can be traced, back as early as 1801. It is in fact less a dance than
a parade, a kind of miniature carnival.
The traditional Junkanoo flavor was the much-fringed costumes and a very
high, towering headdress that is also of African origin. Many African today
in Africa still wear the towering headdress as a part of their culture at
festivals and on other occasions. A feature that is characteristic of John
Canoe Festivals all over the West Indies and North Carolina was the
traditional time of the year when it was held. It was held at both Christmas
and New Years. In the Bahamas with particular emphasis on Nassau in New
Providence and a few other Islands like Grand Bahama, and Exuma, the
Junkanoo festivals are held every year on Boxing Day that is the day after
Christmas and on New Year's Day. It begins early in the morning about 4am
and continues full swing until about 8am. JunkanooBeat
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Caribbean Christian Dance Network
Dancers Travel from around the world each year to participate in
this great event. The conference is in its 13th year and has
grown to a festival stage where there are indoor and outdoor
events and Theatrical Productions. This year CCDN has taken
Creative Arts to another level where Gods Glory can be exposed
through every aspect of the Arts. CCDN has join with Creative
Cultural Arts Agency to host its first International youth and
Cultural Arts Festival in Nassau Bahamas July 2nd to July 8th
2007. We are inviting groups such as Drama Teams, Dance Troupe
Acrobatic Troupes, and Drill Teams Marching Bands etc. CCDN has
a spiritual covering and also consist of an Advisory Board, a
Board of Directors and a Committee. CCDN is a arm of Creative
Christian Arts Ministries International. Where the Pastors are
Henry Higgins and Dr Ann Higgins Cultural Ambassadors of the
Bahamas through the arts.
Cultural exchanges for this year will be into China, France, USA
and the Caribbean. The Bahamas National Liturgical Dance
Company, Conquerors for Christ Junkanoo Group and the Creative
Cultural Arts folk Group will be Traveling to these
destinations.
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Dance Schools in Bahamas, Dancewear Suppliers, Dancing Organizations
Hethann Higgins
P.o. Box N7233 BS- Nassau Bahamas
Tel. (242)328.8670;(242)565.0613
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert J. Bain
PO Box N-10396, 7 Base Rd. Plaza, Nassau St. Nassau Bahamas
Tel. 242.328.7588
School
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dance Bahamas School
#7 Base Rd. Plaza, Nassau St. Ballet PO Box N-10396 Bahamas
Tel. (242) 328-7588
Jazz, Modern, Junkanoo, African & Afro-Caribbean
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LeKeisha Bostwick
#40, Andros Crescent N-1827 Nassau Bahamas
Tel. (242) 324-6831, Fax (242)323-4380
Teacher, choreographer and dancer. Classical Ballet, Jazz, Bahamian Folk,
Tap etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ann Higgins
14, 14 Maple Dr N7233 Nassau Bahamas
1-242-328-8670 ; 1-242-325-0416 www.Cc-Dn.Org
Choreographer and Director Of Dance For The Government Of The Bahamas
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Higgons
#14, Maple Dr N7233 Nassau Bahamas
1-242-328-8670 ; 1-242-394-4776 www.cc-dn.org
choreographer, dance teacher, cultural junkanoo choreographer
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roderick. T. Johnson
PO Box CB-1392 Nassau, Bahamas Bahamas
(242)326-4198
Artistic Director, Ballet, Jazz, Bahamian Folk (Junkanoo Dance) African
Dance and Drumming, Dance Therapy, Bahamian Folk Dance
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bahamas National Commission for UNESCO
PO Box N3913/14; Ministry of Education, Thompson Boule BS- Nassau Bahamas
Tel. (1242)323.2691; Fax (1242)322.8491, 356.3815
National organization
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Dance School
Ministry of Education and Culture
5th Terrace Centerville, Nassau Bicycle Shop BS-Nassau Bahamas
Tel. & Fax (1.242)323.4380
School
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Arts Festival of the Cultural Affairs Division
P.O. Box N-7235 BS-Nassau Bahamas
Tel. 242.356.2691/92 ; Fax 242.356.2693
Festival
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn Hanna
PO Box N-4877 BS-Nassau Bahamas
Tel. 322.8306/7 ; 323.3283/4 ; Fax 326.5766
Dancer
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ann Peterson
P.O. Box N-7233 BS-Nassau Bahamas
Tel. (242) 328.8670; Fax (242)325.3614
http://www.cc-dn.org/peterson.htm
Dr. Ann Peterson-Higgins has been working in the area of the performing Arts
for over thirty (30) years. She started dancing at the age of 15 while in
high school. Her work experience started in 1975 in Freeport, Grand Bahama
at the El Casino Kasbah. She has performed in six major productions from
1975 – 1983 as Lead Dancer and Line Captain
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shameal Robinson
P.O. Box ss 5145 BS-Nassau Bahamas
Dance Group
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glendina Rolle
BS-19451 Nassau Bahamas
Tel. (242)326.1470
Christian sacred dance ministry
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dencie Tucker
P.O. Box F-42498-186 BS-33309 Freeport, Grand Bahama Bahamas
Tel. (242) 351.8385
ttp://www.vesselsofpraise.net
Dancer
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chene Williams
8 Touchstone Terrace BS-41964 Freeport, Grand Bahamas Bahamas
Christian sacred dance ministry
CCDN was established in 1994 and held its first
Dance Conference with an international delegation of a hundred and fifty
persons locally. The attendance every night was three hundred to four
hundred persons. The conference has grown since then to over four hundred
international delegates and nine hundred plus local delegates. The Bahamas
Government’s Education Department, releases every year hundreds of students
to participate in the Cultural Exchange Program.
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Dance Bahamas School, Caribbean Christian
Dance Network, are just a few of the Bahamian dance
companies, Bahamian dance schools, dancing organizations and dance wear suppliers
that that can be found in our comprehensive Directory of Bahamas Dance
Companies.
