FORT GREENE (WABC) -- When you walk into La Shaun Prescott's soca dance class in Brooklyn's Cultural District, the first thing you get handed is a colorful handkerchief-or to put it simply, a rag. The ...
"Sweat Yuh Culture!” Feteness founder and instructor Allie Guilbaud hollers on a recent Tuesday night in the studio of Tip Tap Toe Dance Studio in Elmont. "Sweat Yuh Culture!” the 20 attendees in bike ...
Join Selena Watkins, founder of Socanomics, as she leads you through a 10-minute soca-style dance workout alongside Claudine Love and Rehima Jordan in celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month.
Amid the brightly colored feathers, beads and rhinestones, the heavy drum beats of soca music will be heard throughout the Scioto Mile this weekend. On Saturday, the second annual Columbus Caribbean ...
On a Friday night last February, a singer in a gold lamé suit and matching kufi stepped off a throne to pounding drums and a loud chanting of his name. As Olatunji performed his single “Ola,” dancers ...
In a vibrant workshop led by Trinidad and Tobago-born dancer and ethnographer, Simeon Peters, participants were treated to an immersive journey into the heart of soca music and dance. Peters, armed ...
As Guyana celebrates Republicanism with Mashramani and the 2014 Trinidad Carnival moves into high gear, the greatest calypsonian of all time, The Mighty Sparrow, is awarded Trinidad and Tobago’s ...
Having a baby can be overwhelming. With all the diaper changes, feedings and constant exhaustion, it’s easy for a new mom to feel like they’ve lost a part of themselves. This is how dancehall queen ...
Soca Anthropology is a big part of this weekend’s Carnival Downtown Credit: Courtesy photo Things are hot enough in Orlando already, but now the big and blazing Carnival takeover of downtown is back ...
Bunji Garlin, the 37 year old soca singer whose 2013 single "Differentology" became one of the genre's few crossover successes (he even played Hot 97's landmark hip-hop festival Summer Jam), is on… By ...