09/11/2020
History of the School of Dance
The School of Dance (.emcvpa)had its early roots in the Contemporary Dance Centre (CDC) established by Sheila Barnett, Barbara Requa and Bert Rose in the late 1960s. The CDC offered training in Dance for physical education teachers as well as a junior programme for children. In 1970, the National Dance Theatre Company, which was founded by Professor Rex Nettleford in collaboration with Barnett, Requa and Rose, formed the Jamaica School of Dance. Recognizing the need for appropriate training in the art form of Dance, the School offered professional training to performers, choreographers and dance educators. Some of the teaching staff included noted dance practitioners such as Barnett, Nettleford, Barry Moncrieffe and Yvonne Dacosta.
About DanceWork Project
The School of Dance of the Edna Manley College hosts their Season of Dance every year called the DanceWorks. DanceWorks has been in productions for over 24 years, allowing students from the school of dance to showcase their training and choreography skills.
The DanceWorks production has already had a logo that they have been using for quite some time. But from the looks of it needs to be rebranded into something new and fresh, but still pay homage to the previous design they had already.
