The Caribbean School of Dancing, or Caribbean School, as it is popularly known, was founded by Marcia Moze in January 1957. Classes were held at the Overseas Forces Club on Queen’s Park East. In 1958, the school moved to Dundonald Street and students were first entered for the prestigious Royal Academy of Dancing exams held in Trinidad and administered by London. The first school production, entitled Dance Little Lady was held in the following year.

In 1967 Patricia Roe, a former pupil, returned and joined the teaching staff and has been teaching ever since. Many prominent Trinidad and Tobago dancers at home and abroad still boast of being taught by a bevy of world-class instructors, not the least of whom is the legendary Miss Roe. In 1972 the Joanne Decle School of Dance merged with the Caribbean School of Dancing and the school acquired two studios on Cipriani Boulevard. Former students who returned home and joined the staff either full-time or part-time include Carol La Chapelle, Noble Douglas, Claire Evelyn and Diane Bovell.

In 1976 the school moved to its present location and a third studio was added. An East branch had also been established in the late sixties, and is now located in St. Augustine. That same year, feeling the need to give talented senior students the opportunity to showcase the technique and performing qualities taught in the classroom, the school formed The Performing Dance Company. The company gave annual performances for five years before it folded due to a lack of funds. When Marcia Moze migrated in 1982, Patricia Roe and Joanne Decle assumed the responsibility of running the school.

Contact information:

Address: 2A Dere Street
Port of Spain
Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
The Caribbean
Phone/Fax: 868-625-3225
E-mail: csd@metamorphosisdance.com

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