The Seeds of LDT

Although newly incorporated, the seeds for LDT have been planted 30-plus years ago. As a solo artist, Ms. Sint Jago, has received scholarships, grants, taught, volunteered, led dance workshops, choreographed and performed nationally and internationally. Her choreographies usually deal with themes from the Caribbean, African and African American's rich history and culture through dance, music, song, art, drama and poetry. Ms. Sint Jago yearned to formalize a forum where the lack, the "black hole" of her colonial upbringing on the island of Curacao can be satisfied through multi-media productions. This lack or deficiency consisted of historical and cultural vagueness, emptiness, often untruths that resulted in numerous unanswered questions and confusion for which she embarked on a continuous search for clarification. The population she worked with was a variety of age groups, professionals and non- professionals. Some of the organizations she worked with are: Arts Connection, Bronx Council on the Arts, Hospital Audiences Inc. (HAI), Department of Parks and Recreation, Young Audiences, Prins Bernhard Foundation, Service to the Aging, Northside Center for Child Developement.

Her works have been performed at the La Mama Theater, La Mama Annex, The Asian Society, 92 Street Y, The Evolving Theater, The Billie Holiday Theater, the HAI headquarters, in Barbados, Centro Pro Arte, De Tempel and Sentro di Kultura (Curacao), Cultural Centers Theaters (Aruba and Bonaire), Utrechtse Stadschouwburg (Holland) and at different High Schools and hospitals' auditoriums.

by Myrena Sint Jago President & Artistic Director
Liberata Dance Theatre 7/7/07