WHITEWASH: A Mas for New Waves! 2017. How does Carnival define Caribbean diasporic movement? What is the relationship between Carnival and diasporic identities? How are politics of emancipation and practices of resistance expressed through Carnival? In consideration of these questions, New Waves! PRESENTS “Whitewash” in a processional performance for the 2017 West Indian American Day Carnival in Brooklyn on Monday, September 4.

Performance in procession is one of the most dynamic aspects of New Waves! and offers embodied, experiential learning in Carnival aesthetics in its cultural and political forms, mas performance, and Caribbean dance and movement. New Waves! has engaged processional performance in its programming since 2011 - every year, with Jouvay Ayiti (in 2014 with a New Orleans Second Line through the streets of Jacmel) for the Emancipation Day Procession through downtown Port of Spain, Trinidad. 

Dancers will join over 1 million other masqueraders and spectators on Eastern Parkway in one of the city's most recognized annual events wearing costumes by some of Trinidad and Tobago's most noted designers and artists. 

Learn more here about available sections.  Register here.  Let's dance!