Let Raggae Touch Your Soul
1990/91
Reggae ina ya Jeggae
An appreciation of Reggae music, its history and development. The piece explores Reggae sounds, style, language, fashion and depicts the various characters and personalities. It’s about the power of Reggae and its influence on popular music and dance world-wide.
Choreography Beverley Glean & Prince Morgan
Live Music Tafari Morgan, Karli Messado and Prince Morgan
Music compilation Daddy Frenchie & Mr. Shortie
Costumes Marcia Morgan
Lighting Matt Shadder
Dancers The company – (DALH, ANDREA WHITING, PRINCE ‘DAN’ MORGAN, RAYMOND CHARLES WILKS, MELANIE JOSEPHS, BENJI REID, ALBIE OLLIVIERRE)
War ina Babylon
1990/91
This piece focuses on political strife and gang-warfare in Jamaica. Through the experiences of a couple very much in love, ‘War ina Babylon’ uses reggae music and dance to describe how political violence tragically affects people’s lives.
Choreography Patsy Ricketts
Dancers The Company
Cease ‘N’ Settle
1989/90
A look at street characters and their characteristics. Focusing on certain stereotypes, the piece includes a panorama of movements that will be instantly recognised within the Caribbean culture.
Choreography Beverley Glean and Albie Ollivierre
Original Music Cosmo Ben Imhotep
Lighting Matt Shadder
Costume Karen Martin
Dancers The company – (HUGHIE DONEGAN, PRINCE MORGAN, VALARIE ‘ZANAB’ JAH, SHARON STERNE, PAMELA MAURAGE, ALBIE OLLIVIERRE, RAYMOND WILKS)
Hints of Afrikah
1989/90
This piece embraces all the influences with which IRIE! works. A compilation of Africa, the Caribbean and European movements, accompanied with West African Ju-Ju and Fuji music, dressed with African prints and beading go to make up a celebration of our Afrikan-ness.
Choreographer Beverley Glean
Music Thomas Mapfumo-‘Pafumvu Pa Ruzevha’ & ‘Kwaedza Mu Zimbabwe’
Costumes Marcia Morgan
Lighting Matt Shadder
Dancers The Company
Orfeo – Ina Night Town
1988/89
Adapted from the Greek myth ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ by Edgar White.
To the rhythms of Reggae, Steel-pan and Ska the ambitious young Orfeo returns from the city to his home village for the funeral of his farther. But his arrogant love for a country girl leads to her murder and his decent into the underworld to plead with the ancestors for her life. The company’s first full-length work.
Choreography Beverley Glean
Costumes & Set Karen Martin
Original sound score Mike Rose and Cosmo Ben Imhotep
Dancers The Company-(JEANNETTE BROOKS, SHARON DIXON , HUGHIE DONEGAN, MELANIE JOSEPHS, PRINCE MORGAN, ALBIE OLLIVIERRE, EUSEBIA SUFFREN, RAYMOND CHARLES WILKS)