Jamaica’s Dancehall Dance Association (DDA) has taken umbrage to non-Jamaicans conducting Dancehall lectures and dance moves classes in exchange for cash
Standing up for the dancehall cultures and supporting dancehall dancers within that community is a mission for Maria Hitchins.
Dancing since she was just three years old, Hitchins has spent more than three decades making movement with companies, in theatres, competitions, the streets, and, most recently, the classroom. Dance has remained an active part of my life ever since I started, even when I studied and worked in other areas such as tourism, marketing and media production, she told
THE WEEKEND STAR.
She blazed trails as the ultimate performer with dance companies like Tony Wilson s Dance Centre, Jamaica Musical Theatre Company and The University of the West Indies Dance Society. She toured France with Shaggy, performing in massive stadiums, and experiencing the first-world production that accompanies such a global star.