About CaribFunk ™
CaribFunk is a dance technique and fitness program, both are housed under CariDance International. CaribFunk Technique is a 21st century mutation of foundational dance, fitness, and somatic paradigms. I have taken elements of classical ballet, modern (Graham, Horton, and Limon), Pilates, yoga, fitness, and Afro-Caribbean (traditional and social) techniques and created a system of movement that has several entry points.
My movement vocabulary emphasizes breath, sensuality, and imagery that references Junkanoo, Carnival and Dancehall decorum. CaribFunk ™ embraces our multiculturalism and graciously enables one to become immersed in the richness and fruitful vitality of our “neighboring” islands…theoretically. CaribFunk ™ builds community through education of celebratory experiences, it emphasizes breath, expression, gesture and focus, and it is an emollient for the soul. This technique approaches Caribbean dance from a contemporary and European perspective.
Dancers will be introduced to the unique system of learning that I created titled C.E.L.™ ; C.E.L.™ encourages self-reflection and inner focus. This educational system is also an opportunity that endows a cultural experience through interdisciplinary focus and integration emphasizing diversity. In summation, CaribFunk ™ is a biocentric voyage supported with a cogent physical language.
My methodology encourages inner reflection allowing one to release inhibitions and accept the gifts of life (breath, sensuality and love). My choreographic style is based on my educational system termed C.E.L.™ ; C.E.L.™ is predicated on three principles 1. preserving the Culture 2. embarking on a new Experience and 3. speaking a new Language. This new movement language is a creolization, dialect, or patwa that informs the dancer of the cultural experience-the History, the Music, and the Dance.
My movement vocabulary emphasizes breath, sensuality, and imagery that references Junkanoo, Carnival and Dancehall decorum. CaribFunk ™ embraces our multiculturalism and graciously enables one to become immersed in the richness and fruitful vitality of our “neighboring” islands…theoretically. CaribFunk ™ builds community through education of celebratory experiences, it emphasizes breath, expression, gesture and focus, and it is an emollient for the soul. This technique approaches Caribbean dance from a contemporary and European perspective.
Dancers will be introduced to the unique system of learning that I created titled C.E.L.™ ; C.E.L.™ encourages self-reflection and inner focus. This educational system is also an opportunity that endows a cultural experience through interdisciplinary focus and integration emphasizing diversity. In summation, CaribFunk ™ is a biocentric voyage supported with a cogent physical language.
My methodology encourages inner reflection allowing one to release inhibitions and accept the gifts of life (breath, sensuality and love). My choreographic style is based on my educational system termed C.E.L.™ ; C.E.L.™ is predicated on three principles 1. preserving the Culture 2. embarking on a new Experience and 3. speaking a new Language. This new movement language is a creolization, dialect, or patwa that informs the dancer of the cultural experience-the History, the Music, and the Dance.