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National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC)

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Jamaican concert-dance company founded in 1962 at Independence by Rex Nettleford and Eddy Thomas, dedicated to researching and staging Caribbean folk forms (Kumina, Jonkonnu, revival) alongside modern dance. Its music and drumming ensembles preserved traditional rhythms for the concert stage.

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NDTC official history; Jamaica Observer; Rex Nettleford scholarship.

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Story · Well supportedThe stage that kept the folk forms

How Jamaica built companies and schools to hold Kumina, Jonkonnu - and eventually dancehall.

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