NDTC is Jamaica's internationally celebrated dance company with creative dancing exploring traditional and modern forms.  New as well as remounted dance works will be presented, and the NDTC singers under the direction of the musical director, Marjorie Whylie will perform two suites of Caribbean songs, three songs from Slim and Sam, popular Jamaican minstrels of the mid-twentieth century, and a tribute to Coxsone. The singers will also present an African suite of songs from central Africa and its west coastal states, in recognition of the UN proclamation of 2011 as the International Year for People of African descent.