Co­co Dance Fes­ti­val, the largest an­nu­al con­tem­po­rary dance fes­ti­val in the Eng­lish-speak­ing Caribbean, will host its fourth in­stall­ment at the Lit­tle Carib The­atre from Oc­to­ber 11 to 14. The fes­ti­val, host­ed by the Con­tem­po­rary Chore­o­g­ra­phers' Col­lec­tive, of­fers per­for­mance sup­port for chore­o­g­ra­phers work­ing in un­con­ven­tion­al ways in T&T by pro­vid­ing the space to present their work. In ad­di­tion to show­cas­ing the work of es­tab­lished lo­cal chore­o­g­ra­phers, such as Brid­gette Wil­son and Ani­ka Mar­celle and new­com­ers such as Megan Navar­ro, the fes­ti­val al­so high­lights the work of ter­tiary-lev­el dance com­mu­ni­ties at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go. The in­ter­na­tion­al guest work will be a so­lo by Ja­cob Cino, a Cana­di­an chore­o­g­ra­ph­er. On Sat­ur­day, there will al­so be a free per­for­mance by Con­tin­u­um Dance Project at Medul­la Gallery be­fore the Lit­tle Carib main­stage per­for­mances.

This year, Co­co will al­so present Co­co Awards, which recog­nise the work of peo­ple work­ing in the con­tem­po­rary dance field as well as peo­ple who sup­port it. "We hope to make this an an­nu­al event of the fes­ti­val," says Son­ja Du­mas, one of the Co­co di­rec­tors. "There are so many peo­ple to thank for their con­tri­bu­tion to the de­vel­op­ment of dance in Trinidad and To­ba­go. We would like this to be an on­go­ing plat­form for recog­ni­tion and ap­pre­ci­a­tion for the dance com­mu­ni­ty." The awards will be held on Oc­to­ber 11, the first night of the fes­ti­val. Tick­ets for all nights are $150. For more in­for­ma­tion, vis­it the Face­book page Co­co Dance Fes­ti­val.