By Davina Henry— Ova Marz— After years of advocating, dancer and choreographer Maria Hitchins has seen her dream of an accredited dancehall course come to fruition. Hitchins’, ‘Jamaican Popular Street Dance Culture in the New Millennium’ course was added to the curriculum in January. “For several years I’ve been pretty much bugging the Edna Manley School of Dance about why it is that they do not have dancehall as part of any accredited course. Everything is a process in … Read entire article »