African Background --1. Crossroads, Continuities, and Contradictions: The Afro-Euro-Caribbean Triangle / Brenda Dixon Gottschild 3 -- 2. What Is Congolese in Caribbean Dance / Nathaniel Hamilton Crowell, Jr. 11 -- Cuba -- 3. Cuban Dance: An Orchard of Caribbean Creativity / Yvonne Daniel 23 -- 4. Dance World of Ramiro Guerra: Solemnity, Voluptuousness, Humor, and Chance / Melinda Mousouris 56 -- 5. Tecnica Cubana / Suki John 73 -- Jamaica -- 6. Jamaican Dance Theatre: Celebrating the Caribbean Heritage / Rex Nettleford 81 -- 7. Rasta and Reggae / Thomas Osha Pinnock 95 -- Haiti -- 8. Haitian Vodou Ritual Dance and Its Secularization / Henry Frank 109 -- 9. Spirit Unbound: New Approaches to the Performance of Haitian Folklore / Lois E. Wilcken 114 -- Dominican Republic -- 10. Dominican Folk Dance and the Shaping of National Identity / Martha Ellen Davis 127 -- 11. A Dominican York in Andhra / Ramon H. Rivera-Servera 152 -- Puerto Rico -- 12. Dance in Puerto Rico: Embodied Meanings / Alma Concepcion 165 -- 13. Gilda Navarra: Before Taller de Histriones / Alma Concepcion 176 -- 14. Challenges of Puerto Rican Bomba / Halbert Barton 183 -- Virgin Islands -- 15. Winin' Yo' Wais': The Changing Tastes of Dance on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix / Cynthia Oliver 199 -- Martinique and Guadeloupe -- 16. Sa Ki Ta Nou (This belongs to us): Creole Dances of the French Caribbean / Dominique Cyrille 221 -- Trinidad and Tobago -- 17. In Search of the Limbo: An Investigation into Its Folklore as a Wake Dance / Molly Ahye 247 -- 18. Moko Jumbie: Elevating the Children / Patricia T. Alleyne-Dettmers 262 -- Curacao -- 19. Tambu: Afro-Curacao's Music and Dance of Resistance / Gabri Christa 291 -- United States-Caribbean Connection -- 20. Katherine Dunham's Tropical Revue / VeVe A. Clark 305 -- 21. Islands Refracted: Recent Dance on Caribbean Themes in New York / Susanna Sloat 320 -- 22. Teaching the People to Triumph over Time: Notes from the World of Mambo / Robert Farris Thompson 336.