The As­tor John­son Reper­to­ry Dance The­atre cel­e­brat­ed In­ter­na­tion­al Dance Day on April 27 with Friends in Dance at the Lit­tle Carib The­atre, Port-of-Spain.

Since 2023, the dance com­pa­ny has used the oc­ca­sion to stage spe­cial dance pro­duc­tions.

The first was held in ho­n­our of Beryl McBurnie and As­tor John­son, as well as to cel­e­brate the Lit­tle Carib The­atre’s 75th an­niver­sary.

Last year’s pro­duc­tion fea­tured a suite of sig­na­ture pieces from As­tor’s reper­toire.

This year, Friends in Dance in­clud­ed per­for­mances by the North West Laven­tille Cul­tur­al Move­ment and the Ibis T&T Per­form­ing Com­pa­ny. Stu­dents from The UWI, Princes Town East Sec­ondary, Tran­quil­i­ty Sec­ondary and Diego Mar­tin Cen­tral Sec­ondary were fea­tured in per­for­mances co­or­di­nat­ed by mem­bers of the Sec­ondary Schools Dance Ed­u­ca­tors As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T.