Guyana’s National Dance Company (NDC) performed its Season 32 on October 22 – 23, 2011 on the theme Hello Darkness.  The production, directed by NDC producer and choreographer Vivienne Daniel, with narration by hostess Shevonne Semple, focused on the theme of darkness in the first half with the second segment devoted to two tributes: one to a great American dancer and the second to the International Year of People of African Descent.

This comment will not be on all aspects of the production and its contents, but just to mark a few elements of significance as they relate to the Dance Company and to dance in Guyana.  An interesting factor is the historical context of dance in Guyana and the contribution of the NDC, the audience for dance and its popular influences, …..