Kaj Designs Unleashes WILD THINGS At Fashion Week Trinidad And Tobago

Designer Awakens The Feline Senses With Jungle-Inspired Couture

Thursday May 29, 2008 – Scarborough, Tobago... In signature Kaj style, Kevin Ayoung-Julien will titillate the senses as he unleashes WILD THINGS, his newest collection, at the first ever Fashion Week Trinidad and Tobago (FWTT). On Friday May 30, 2008, the audience at FWTT’s evening of Conscious Fashion will be treated to indulgent infusions of safari and animal print that awaken the feline senses.


The young designer who took his inspiration from the textures, tones and prints of jungle wild life, eagerly anticipates the thrill of bringing the wild to the catwalk. Kaj’s couture pieces will feature against the backdrop of nature-inspired rhythms by artists Michael K. and Gab Logan which also stimulated Ayoung-Julien’s creative process. In his reflections about the freeness of his design process, he said, “When I am building on a collection, I live it. I do not work in the conventional sense at all. There was no sketching. It was all free style. I listened to the music and then began draping fabric on mannequins.”


Kaj releases all inhibitions with this collection that offers eccentric combinations of tiger, leopard, cheetah and zebra prints with raw leather, camouflage detailing, majestic peacock fringe and exotic coque plumes. Feminine contours will be sensually draped in soft chiffons, silk chamois, crinkle cotton and lambs wool offering a whimsical notion of jungle life in striking spots and strips of black, ivory, sand and brown with subtle metallic accents. The lithe limbs and touchable bare skin of Trinidad and Tobago’s leading models will tease the sensibilities in asymmetric cuts, plunging necklines and layered draped skirts.


WILD THINGS is Kaj’s follow-up to his ultra successful 2007 Caribbean Fashion Week (CFW) collection, Eccensual: Shake Well & Stir, where the rich tones, hypnotic rhythms and the deep sensuality and exoticism of the Caribbean met the eccentricities of high fashion. Following Eccensual, Kevin enjoyed widespread publicity in his homeland and internationally including coverage in Britain’s daily newspaper, The Independent; the US magazine, Sister 2 Sister; New York’s West Indian newspaper, New York Carib News; Guadeloupe’s newspaper, La Gazette Des Caraïbes; Caribbean Airlines’s in-flight magazine, Caribbean Beat; Primaris Airlines’s in-flight magazine, Caribbean LIFE and; the international fashion publication, Ocean Style.


Kaj Designs will present its latest creations at FWTT in the company of Trinidad and Tobago’s established design houses including Meiling, Claudia Pegus, Heather Jones, Radical Designs, Ecliff Elie, Millhouse, and The Cloth. As Kevin joins the ranks of the region’s fashion masters, he is poised to leave his signature on the Caribbean’s fashion industry.

WHAT: Kaj Designs at FWTT 2008


WHO: Designer Kevin Ayoung-Julien of Kaj Designs


WHEN: Friday May 30, 2008


WHERE: Adam Smith Square, Aripita Avenue, PORT OF SPAIN




For inquiries, please contact:

Liza Miller, Director of Public Relations, Caribbean
Estuary Public Relations
Phone: (868) 761-1195
Email: liza@estuarypr.com
http://www.estuarypr.com/

Medical aspect of SEX

Medical aspect of SEX

Lose weight. Reduce stress. Lower your cholesterol level. Improve your circulation. Live longer. Stay younger.

Sounds like an ad for a new wonder drug right? In fact it’s a partial list of the benefits of humanity’s oldest and most pleasurable pastime - sex.

Most of us are aware of the feel-good benefits of sex while we’re engaged in it, but do you also know that there are benefits which carry on after the sweaty bodies have dried and the sweet talk has reverted to sports?

For instance:

Maintaining Ideal Body Weight

There are 3500 calories in a pound of fat. For every 3500 calories you burn (that you do not replace with food!) you will lose one pound of fat. Sexual intercourse burns approximately 150 calories per half hour. Here’s how that stacks up against some other activities that may be part of your fitness regime: yoga 114 calories per half hour, dancing - rock 129, walking - 3mph 153, weight training 153, canoeing - 2mph 153, volleyball 174.

According to one survey reported by the Ottawa Citizen, Canadians on average have sex 7.33 times per month, lasting approximately 24.4 minutes. That means that “Joe Canada” is burning off more than 10 thousand calories a year, or about 3 pounds, in a not particularly active sex life. Those who are more sexually active, into Tantra for instance where lovemaking lasts 4 hours, would burn up 600 calories a session. At once a week that’s 31,200 calories or 9 pounds per year. Considering that people put weight on gradually, slowly gaining 5-10 pounds per year until they are overweight, it’s not unrealistic to assume that regular sexual activity is one way to help maintain a healthy body weight.


Increased Blood Flow

Sex helps increase the blood flow to your brain and to all other organs of your body. Increased heart rate and deep breathing accounts for the improvement in circulation. As fresh blood supply arrives, your cells, organs and muscles are saturated with fresh oxygen and hormones, and as the used blood is removed, you also remove waste products that cause fatigue and even illness.


Lower Cholesterol

Lowering your cholesterol is another of the “sex as exercise” benefits. Sex helps lower the overall cholesterol level. Perhaps more importantly it tips the HDL/LDL (good/bad) cholesterol balance towards the healthier HDL side.


Stress Reduction, Relaxation and Improved Sleep

People having frequent sex often report that they handle stress better, so the normal stresses of living do not become distress. The profound relaxation that typically follows lovemaking, with orgasm for women and ejaculation and/or orgasm for men, may be one of the few times people actually allow themselves to completely let go, surrender and relax. Many indicate that they sleep more deeply and restfully after satisfying lovemaking. In the relaxing afterglow you may be able to let go of distracting thoughts. Being able to stop thinking has helped many to overcome insomnia.


Sex as Pain Reliever

Through the touch magic of sex the hormone oxytocin is secreted in your body which in turn causes the release of endorphins. Because of these natural opiates sex acts as a powerful analgesic, elevating the pain threshold and helping to relieve the aches of conditions like arthritis, whiplash and headaches. Now there’s a novel approach, sex as a remedy for headache rather than an excuse for abstaining! With arousal and orgasm oxytocin levels rise. They spike 3 to 5 times higher than usual just before orgasm. In fact it is oxytocin that triggers the orgasm.

Measurements performed at the Masters and Johnson laboratories have shown that the uterine contractions brought about by orgasm (triggered by oxytocin) are just as powerful as those of child labor. Women can use this extraordinary orgasmic contraction and relaxation of the uterine muscle to relieve cramps during PMS and menstruation.


Live Longer, Stay Younger

A British study of 1,000 men found those who had at least two orgasms a week had half the death rate of their countrymen who indulge less than once a month. The hormone DHEA promotes sexual excitement and increases in response to it. Dr Theresa Crenshaw author of The Alchemy of Love and Lust says DHEA may be the most powerful chemical in our personal world. It helps balance the immune system, improves cognition, promotes bone growth, and maintains and repairs tissues, keeping your skin healthy and supple. It may also contribute to cardiovascular health and even function as antidepressant.


Prostate and Genital Health

Some doctors believe that more than 75% of men over 50 have a somewhat enlarged prostate, and that virtually all men will suffer from prostate enlargement if they live long enough. This condition, called benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH), is normal and usually not dangerous. Unfortunately, some of these men develop prostate cancer, one of the leading causes of death in older men.

Regular sexual intercourse with frequent ejaculations will help to keep the prostate healthy. For those men who practice delaying ejaculation, for example in the practice of Tantra Sacred Sex, performing Kegel exercises (in which you contract the muscles around your genitals), will tone these muscles, just as exercising other muscles tones other areas of your body. More importantly, these exercises will help keep the prostate healthy, by moving the sexual energy up out of the prostate and circulating it throughout your body.

The technique is very simple and you can perform hundreds of contractions per day for top sexual/physical fitness for both men and women. Imagine you are urinating, but want to stop the flow of urine, that’s all there is to it. Contracting your muscles in this way is one of the healthiest exercises you could add to your exercise regime.

When 178 Belgian men with minor erection problems participated in a 4-month daily rehabilitation program which primarily focused on Kegel exercises, 74 percent showed improvement and 43 percent were cured. For women, Kegels strengthen the entire urogenital tract, aiding greatly in childbirth and preventing the onset of incontinence in later life. They also sensitize the genital tissues, helping women to become orgasmic and/or increase the intensity of their orgasms


Boost Testosterone and Estrogen

Regular sexual activity boosts testosterone and estrogen levels in both men and women. Besides boosting your libido testosterone fortifies bones and muscles. Some physicians suggest that testosterone keeps hearts healthy and good cholesterol high. Testosterone is what makes the sex drive in men and women more aggressive. It makes you want to have sex, pursue sex, initiate sex and perhaps dominate the lovemaking.

Testosterone seems to motivate both men and women to strongly desire specific genital sex and release by orgasm. Because men have so much testosterone, they seem obsessed with genitals, intercourse and ejaculation, but appear to care less for romance and foreplay-touching, hugging, cuddling, eye gazing, etc..Sex increases women’s estrogen levels keeping vaginal tissues more supple and also protecting against heart disease. It is estrogen that makes a woman sexually receptive and responsive to a man’s approach. It is estrogen that makes her want to be touched and feel romantic, it is testosterone that makes her want to be penetrated. Estrogen makes a woman soft-breasts develop in response to estrogen.

Estrogen is a powerful influence on how a woman smells. It influences the degree to which she projects softness, openness, and interest in sexual touching. Men’s bodies also produce estrogen. In fact testosterone can be converted into estrogen in the man’s body. Some estrogen helps a man to develop the softer, more nurturing feminine sides of their personalities. As men age, the testosterone/estrogen balance begins to shift, with testosterone decreasing and estrogen increasing, and this is one reason why so many men seem to mellow out as they get older.


The Healing Power of Intimacy

Sex is good for you, but sex with love is even better. According to Dr. Dean Ornish author of ‘Love and Survival: the Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy’, “an open heart can lead to the most joyful and ecstatic sex”. His researches into intimacy and its effects on health have shown that “anything that promotes feelings of love and intimacy is healing”. If you have someone who really cares for you and for whom you care in return, someone you are intimately connected with in all ways - emotional, physical and more -- then you may be three to five times less likely at risk of premature death and disease from all causes. Part of this has to do with the positive effects of touch, what Dr. Crenshaw refers to as Vitamin T. The chemical composition of your body is changed by touch. Caressing, hugging, stroking, cuddling send a chain reaction of chemicals to signal your brain that this is pleasurable, nurturing, good.

There is strong scientific evidence demonstrating the importance of touch to good health. In the 1930s, Dr. Rene Spitz, attending physician at a number of nurseries, noticed that the illness and mortality rates were quite a bit higher in some of the nurseries. His observations and experiments led to the finding that the children who were becoming ill and dying had nothing to do with hygiene or nutrition, but rather had to do with the amount of touching the infants received from the attending staff. He confirmed his findings by hiring “grandmothers” to come into the nurseries to hold, fondle, and cuddle the children. The illness and mortality rates declined rapidly.

Researchers at Miami's Touch Research Institute (TRI) found that premature infants who received three massages a day over 10 days gained 47 percent more weight than preemies who weren't massaged. David Sebringsil, who writes regularly for The Society For Human Sexuality (one of the best online sources of excellent, sex-positive information), recommends Erotic Massage become a part of or alternative to regular lovemaking. It is one of the best ways to help someone achieve extended, multiple, or "whole body" orgasmic states. Through erotic massage partners learn to give and receive loving touch and extraordinary pleasure. It makes you healthier and happier.



Healthy blood, healthy bones, healthy heart, healthy body and a peaceful mind - all thanks to the healing powers of sex.

Yaabafunk, Perunika Trio, Bedoiun Jerry Can Band (+ the Green Note Festival of Latin Music)

Also be sure to check out:

BULGARIANS AND BEDOIUN

LIVE ON STAGE: PERUNIKA TRIO

(sublime Bulgarian a cappella women singers)

+ SPECIAL GUEST: GOMA GHANAEIM

+ other members of BEDOIUN JERRY CAN BAND

(deep roots music from the Sinai Desert)

+ RESIDENT DJ: JAMIE RENTON

@ DARBUCKA

THURSDAY 5TH JUNE 2008, 8PM - 12AM

Chilli Fried, London's leading global beat session, presents the cream of 2 contrasting musical cultures: the rich Bulgarian tradition of unaccompanied women singers represented by the striking, passionate voices of the Perunika Trio and the wild trance inducing sounds of the Sinai Desert provided by special guest Goma Ghanaeim from the acclaimed Bedouin Jerry Can Band.

Eugenia Georgieva, Victoria Mancheva and Victoria Evstatieva, the 3 young women who make up The Perunika Trio met through the London Bulgaria Choir. All are of Macedonian descent and spent their early years in the Bulgaria, but are now based in London. Their debut album Introducing: Perunika Trio (Riverboat) is a journey through the rich musical landscape of Southern Bulgaria: its laments, chants and love songs. Tonight, they'll be bringing this hauntingly beautiful voyage of discovery to life on the stage of Darbucka's beautiful Bedouin basement bar.

Opening the evening will be a special guest spot from Goma Ghanaeim, master of the traditional simsimiyya lute and founder member of The Bedouin Jerry Can Band, who play the deep roots music of the Sinai Desert. Their debut album Coffee Time (30 IPS) caused quite a stir on it's release last year. Tonight Goma will be joined by other members of the group, offering a rare opportunity to catch them in an intimate setting.

All this + resident DJ Jamie Renton spinning global beats and roots rhythms.

Chilli Fried North,

8 PM - 12 AM,

Thursday 5th June 2008 at Darbucka,

182 St John Street,

London, EC1V 4JZ

£5 / £3 concs

020 7490 8772

Nearest Tubes: Farringdon / Angel

http://www.chillifried.com/

www.myspace.com/chillifried

http://www.darbucka.com/

www.myspace.com/perunika

http://www.jerrycanband.com/

The Green Note Festival of Latin Music 2008:

(Tickets available via http://www.wegottickets.com/.

Check out http://www.greennote.co.uk/ for more info)

Friday 13th & Saturday 14th June: QUIMANTU

We launch the festival with a two night residency from one of Europe's most accomplished South American ensembles, led by Chilean virtuoso musician & multi-instrumentalist, Mauricio Venegas-Astorga, who is joined by some of the UK's finest performers. Quimantu present a vibrant repertoire of songs and music drawn from the diverse rhythms, styles and instruments of Latin America, Europe and beyond, brilliantly and effortlessly bringing together a diversity of cultures that blazes with skilful technique, energy, passion, poetry & rhythm.

(£15 adv -N.B. pls specify if it is for the Fri or the Sat night)

Sunday 15th June: REGIONAL BOLA OITO with BOSCO DE OLIVEIRA

An evening of Brazilian roots music: the hippest Samba de Rais (roots samba), burning Samba-Jazz and Chorinho, featuring classic compositions and stories of the masters of Samba from throughout the last century. Presented by renowned percussionist and historian, Bosco De Oliveira.

(£8 adv)

Thursday 19th June: MATICES LATINOS

Matices Latinos is a group dedicated to playing Latin American folk and popular music. They embrace popular musical traditions of countries such as Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Puerto Rico, Argentina and Cuba and have an inclination towards rhythms with a strong African presence. In this amazing collaboration, renowned Latin American musicians Luz Elena Caicedo and Wilmer Sifontes will take you on an authentic Latin journey through passion and melancholy with rhythmic and energetic music.

(£8 adv)

Friday 20th June: ANABELLA ZOCH

In her first UK appearance, Argentine singer-songwriter Anabella Zoch, will present songs from her new album "Merece lo que sueñas", a passionate vanguardist take on the roots music of South America; an exciting journey from Zamba to Chacarera, Tango to Waltz. If you like Mercedes Sosa, you'll love Anabella Zoch!

(£8 adv)

Saturday 21st June: FAMILY ATLANTICA

Renowned vocalist and cuatro player, Luzmira Zerpa leads her new ensemble which blends traditional Venezuelan songs with the explosive Afro-Latin percussion of Kwame Owosu, the flute of Jack Yglesias and the celebrated electric guitar of Adrian Owuso. Together, they offer a fresh perspective on the beautiful folk traditions of Venezuela.

(£10 adv)

Sunday 22nd June: MUSIC & POETRY OF THE CHILEAN EXILE

A special programme mixing the New Song & poetry of the Chilean Exile, featuring passionate songstress, Silvia Balducci, and renowned Chilean poet/playwright, Alfredo Cordal. Together, they will explore the work of Pablo Neruda, Violeta Parra and Victor Jara, digging into the roots of Chile and its artistic legacy, and creating a new form of expression with a contemporary appeal and meaning.

(£8 adv)

Thursday 26th June: MAJAGUA

An evening of Latin American Folklore, including Cumbias, Bambucos & Joropos from Colombia & Venezuela; Corridos & Rancheras from Mexico & Valses, Carnavalitos, Guainos y Zambas from Peru, Bolivia & Argentina. Majagua strive to keep true to the traditional sounds and rhythms in which each tune was conceived, but at the same time are open to incorporate new arrangements, giving each melody a personalized and fresh angle.

(£8 adv)

Friday 27th June: GUILLERMO ROZENTHULER & RIOPLATENSES

Innovative vocalist, Guillermo, headlines UK's favourite Argentine folk music ensemble, presenting their new album, "A route to the roots". Groovy Milonga and Candombe, foot-tapping Chacarera and exciting tales from the Rio de la Plata, topped with some Afro and Eastern vibes."...catch a Latin band without a Latin cliché in sight..." (Jazz UK)

(£10 adv)

Saturday 28th June: SONEANDO

Highly danceable Salsa and Cuban Son from this lively band featuring some of London's top Latin musicians. The band is led by pianist, Sara McGuinness, who is well known on the UK Salsa scene and has played and studied Cuba with members of the Buenavista Social Club. The band also features vibrant Cuban vocalists, Jesus Cutiño & Yuri, Elpidio Caicedo on bass, and Roberto Pla and David Pattman on percussion.

(£8 adv)

Thursday 3rd July: VIENTO SUR + DIEGO LAVERDE

Blending an array of styles and music from countries such as Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba and Bolivia, newly formed trio, Viento Sur, bring together diverse Latin American rhythms, as well as panpipe music from the Bolivian Andes. Support from renowned Colombian harpist, Diego Laverde.

(£8 adv)

Friday 4th July: CALLE LIMON

Contemporary Afro-Peruvian Jazz from London-based quintet. Calle Limón mix classics of Peruvian coastal music with delicate improvisation. The Spanish-Language parallel to Bossa-Nova: gentle, swinging and seductive... A most refreshing, unexpected combination from this beautiful & culturally diverse part of Latin-America.

(£9 adv)

Saturday 5th July: LA XULA

LaXula leads audiences on a journey of wonder and decadence... Songs drift effortlessly from the dusty sun-baked routes of Southern Spain to the pulsing urban vibrancy of the East London underground. There is a plaintive fiesta of influences from Flamenco to Arabic, Tango to Roma, laced with indie-rock psychedelia. Deeply rooted in an ancient feminine spirit, this travelling band of captivating musicians and alluring performers present sensuous and bewitching music, with a remarkable stage presence that brings together neo-burlesque glamour and gypsy defiance.

(£10 adv)

Tickets available via:

http://www.wegottickets.com/

See: http://www.greennote.co.uk/ for more info...

LIVE MUSIC @ THE NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB!!

TUESDAY 27th May @ THE NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB!! Go see.....


MOVIMIENTOS (LIVE)
From folkloric roots to cutting edge electronic -
Movimientos is the sound of London's Latin alternative.

Peyoti For President (Live)
Beatnik revolutionaries fusing euphoric melodies with Ska, Flamenco, Rumba & Samba
http://www.peyoti.com/

Oddjob (Live)
World funk brew mixing Latin and Caribbean carnival rhythms, Afrobeat, Funk and a hint of Gypsy rhythms and Flamenco flavour
www.myspace.com/oddjobworldfunk

+ Special Guest –

"The Return of the Havana Kid"

DJ Clem George
DJs Cal Jader (Movimientos) and Zen (Sonic 360) with blend of Future Latin, Neo-Tropical, Mestizo rhythms, and electronic beats

TUESDAY 27th May @

THE NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB
7pm-2am
Entry: £5 (£3 before 8pm)
Notting Hill Arts Club
21 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ
(2mins from Notting Hill Gate tube)



Monthly events showcasing the most interesting local and international Latin-centric acts, plus films screenings, exhibitions and Latin culture
More info:

http://www.movimientos.org.uk/

www.myspace.com/movimientos


MORE INFO

Oddjob
Oddjob was born in 2005 through a love of funk. Mixing the grooves of the late 60s/70s, Afrobeat and Latin/Caribbean carnival rhythms (and a hint of flamenco), ODDJOB's world-funk brew is designed to wipe out the worries of modern life and make you dance! So polish your dancing shoes and get ready....

"Oddjob brought their unique brand of Afro-Latin flavoured jazz to the stage and within minutes had the huge crowd eating out of their hands. By the time the sax led outfit reached the end of their performance the crowd were crying out for more!!"
Dom Servini (Wah Wah Live, Cargo)

www.myspace.com/oddjobworldfunk



Peyoti for President
Peyoti for President are gypsy beatnik revolutionaries fusing euphoric melodies with elements of Flamenco, Rumba & Samba opposing musical lethargy and rapping no-bullshit words calling for 21st century uprising. The band is comprised of some of the most innovative and diverse world musicians playing with melody, rhythm, spirit, attitude, with a 21st century punk with purpose. Call it what you want but Peyoti for President is unique, unexplored territory, an atom about to be split wide open.

Following the massive success of their support slot on various Manu Chao tour dates last year playing to crowds of over 5000 people, and the imminent release of their debut album "Rising Tide Of Conformity" Peyoti For President launch into summer 2008 with vigour and purpose.

'Flamenco thunder, Bolenesque vocals, a sixties pop sensibility and political conscience makes Peyoti for President an agreeable antidote to all the tedious guitar bands busy going nowhere.' The Independent

www.myspace.com/peyotiforpresident

http://www.peyoti.com/



Movimientos Live
With their monthly live music night Movimientos is bringing together some of the most accomplished & exciting up and coming Latin-centric acts, playing traditional roots music, global fusions, and future Latin alternative, from London, the UK and beyond. Alongside a mix of film, poetry, performance, art and visuals their events aim to showcase the diversity of the Latin culture in London & the UK and highlight the passion and energy that gives the music its power to inspire.

http://www.movimientos.org.uk/

www.myspace.com/movimientos

-- Next Movimientos @ The Notting Hill Arts Club on the 27th May

Movimientos Radio on La Invasion

Saturdays 2pm-4pm

http://www.radioweb.tv/

Movimientos - Musica Mestiza. Documentary Film. Latin culture.

-1st THURSDAY OF THE MONTH @ THE SALMON & COMPASS

-4th TUESDAY OF THE MONTH @ THE NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB

http://www.movimientos.org.uk/

www.myspace.com/movimientos

movimientosuk@gmail.com

Copy Courtesy:

DJ Jamie Renton

jamierenton@ukonline.co.uk

Chilli Fried South

Lilliput Theatre Premieres “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

Children’s Theatre Uses Caribbean Vernacular To Put An Original Spin On Classic Tale

May 9, 2008 – Port of Spain, Trinidad... Trinidad and Tobago’s audiences will be taken on a thought-provoking and imaginative journey with Lilliput Theatre’s adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes. The production will premiere on Friday May 16, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Queen’s Hall and will run throughout the weekend.

The Lilliputians expressing themselves.

The young thespians will offer two versions of the classic tale emphasising the relevance of the story’s metaphor in today’s society. Lilliput’s junior drama class will stay true to the original tale, telling the story as presented by the original author. Contrasting the traditional story is the Seniors’ presentation from the perspective of ‘guntas’ or gangsters. In this alternate offering the young actors use the vernacular and culture of their familiar Caribbean landscape, drawing a parallel to contemporary society that any Caribbean audience could relate to. The play’s director, Wendell Manwarren, saw this year’s project as a means of facilitating the youth’s reconnection with the art of storytelling. “The reason why all good stories endure is that they are applicable over time. Certainly if we are aware of what is going on right now, we can see where it will apply,” he said.

At recent rehearsals for Lilliput’s upcoming production.

The production came out of the creative mind of designer and artist, Merylle Mahabir whose theme and conceptual costume designs served as a catalyst for the Lilliputians playwriting process. Every year, Noble Douglas, Lilliput’s artistic director, producer and choreographer is challenged with creating choreography that stays true to the theme while accommodating Mahabir’s abstract and unconventional costume designs. “It is a very difficult process that often calls me to look within myself. I work with children and teenagers of a range of abilities so this is an integral consideration in my compositions,” reflected Douglas. The end result is an intricately woven play that carefully balances the elements of dance, drama and costuming.

Lilliput’s dancers prepare for the Queen’s Hall stage.

Lilliput Theatre teaches drama to children aged 7 to 18 and dance to children aged 3 to 18. It was founded in 1975 and encourages self-confidence through the challenge of theatre, game play and imagination. Juxtaposing rising concerns for indiscriminate government spending with growing complacency in society, Lilliput’s 2008 production is well timed.


WHAT: The Emperor’s New Clothes

WHO: Lilliput Theatre

WHEN:
Friday May 16, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday May 17, 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Sunday May 18, 2008 at 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Queen’s Hall, St. Anns, Port of Spain

TICKETS: $80 adults/$60 children
Crosby’s Music Centre, St. James or students of Lilliput Theatre

TAARA

EL BICHO UK DEBUT!!!

The Best of New Urban Flamenco LIVE!

EL BICHO + LAXULA

THE BEST OF NEW URBAN FLAMENCO!

Thurs 5 June
London, Islington Academy

N1 Centre Upper Street N1 0PS0

844 477 2000, www.comono.co.uk

Wed 4 June

Brighton, Komedia

0127 364 7100, www.komedia.co.uk

EL BICHO

In Spain El Bicho is one of the hottest names on the ‘new’ flamenco scene. They merge rock guitars, jazz riffs and classic flamenco vocals, and a repertoire spanning bulerias, rumbas and tangos, creating a fresh and powerful new sound. This is their long-awaited UK debut.

http://www.elbicho.com/

LAXULA

Drawing from similar inspirations, but creating a language entirely of their own, LaXula take audiences on a journey of wonder & decadence. Songs drift from dusty sunbaked routes of Southern Spain to the urban vibrancy of London underground. Routed in an ancient feminine spirit, this alluring band present sensuous and bewitching music bringing together neoburlesque glamour and gypsy defiance.

http://www.laxula.com/