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Dance Xpressionz

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Dance Xpressionz are a Jamaican dancehall dance institution conceived around 2000 by choreographer Orville Hall while he was a student teacher at Excelsior Community College, with early members including Shelly Ann Callum, Stacy Ann Facey, Sherene Davis and Amoy Taylor. Operating under Theatre Xpressionz, the group has been central to formalising and teaching dancehall as a performance and educational art form.

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Dance Xpressionz site and Jamaica Gleaner/Observer dancer features.

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People & rolesDance, body & movement

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A Jamaican Dance for every Genre by Orville Halls' Dance Xpressionz, Reggae Month 2020

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Dancers, BOOM! Dance Xpressionz takes the KNM audience on a historical dancing journey.

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