The Trin­i­ty Dance The­atre of Trinidad and To­ba­go cap­ti­vat­ed au­di­ences at Queen’s Hall with its lat­est pro­duc­tion, Seeds.

Led by artis­tic di­rec­tor Al­lan Bal­four, the per­for­mance was a much-an­tic­i­pat­ed fol­low-up to last year’s ac­claimed pre­sen­ta­tion, Al­pha. Seeds fea­tured sev­er­al new works that ex­plored growth, iden­ti­ty, and so­cial aware­ness through move­ment and sto­ry­telling.

The open­ing piece, It Starts with Us, show­cased young dancers from Mar­cia Charles Dance Acad­e­my, Aun­tie Afiy­fa’s Acad­e­my of Dance, La Danse Caribe, and Dance Dy­nam­ics Trinidad and To­ba­go. Nar­rat­ed by Ernest Che Ro­driguez, the per­for­mance set an up­lift­ing and uni­fy­ing tone for the evening.

Guest artiste Is­abel­la Ra­goo­nanan of the Meta­mor­pho­sis Dance Com­pa­ny de­liv­ered a mov­ing so­lo ti­tled Search­ing, blend­ing grace and emo­tion­al depth in her in­ter­pre­ta­tion.

An­oth­er stand­out piece, Si­lenced, chore­o­graphed by Al­lan Bal­four and Ter­ry Springer, ad­dressed the ur­gent is­sue of hu­man traf­fick­ing. Through strik­ing chore­og­ra­phy and poignant im­agery, the work shed light on the pain, re­silience, and hope of sur­vivors.

With Seeds, Trin­i­ty Dance The­atre once again demon­strat­ed its com­mit­ment to us­ing the lan­guage of dance to in­spire thought, evoke emo­tion, and sow the seeds of change.