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DANCER
just back from graduating at the Edna Manley College of the
Visual and Performing Arts and taking a gap year in Jamaica
and I was very inspired by the commercial use of all types of
dance in Jamaica. That being said I certainly wasn’t success-
ful when I first started. It was actually on my third try at getting
things off the ground for Riddim Tribe that it actually took off.
3.) What are some of the best lessons you have learned
about being an entrepreneur in your field in Barbados?
As cliché as it may sound - quality over quantity each and
every single time, at the same time, when striving for perfec-
tion know when it is time to release a project.
4.) What in your opinion are some of the main differences
between Millennials and previous generations as it relates to
dancing and doing business in that field?
The thing is I’m not quite sure how to answer this be-
cause I think the pioneering generations before ours have
laid a good foundation as it relates to doing dance and busi-
ness. I think because the business of dance on a whole is
still fairly new territory to Barbados, my generation has been
tasked with continuing the mission set out by the generations
before by adding structure and a framework to approaching
business and dance.
Aisha, Comissiong
Aisha Comissiong has a stunning personal brand that
centres around dance. She is a Co-founder of Riddim Tribe
and has obtained many endorsement deals from big brands
on the island.
1.) Who is Aisha Comissiong (describe)?
Aisha Comissiong is a multi-award winning dancer and
choreographer, as well as the founder and Creative Director
of the Barbadian dance collective – Riddim Tribe. Words like
over-achiever, passionate, creative and leader are all typically
used to describe her.
2.) What inspired you to first start dancing/ your own
dance company?
Fun fact: My father told me that it was Carolyn Barrow,
wife of the first Prime Minister of Barbados, The Right Hon-
ourable Errol Barrow, who met me at an art exhibition that he
had taken me to as a little girl, and pronounced that I had the
legs of a dancer and should be enrolled in dance classes. As
the saying goes from there the rest is history – I have been
dancing ever since.
5.) Fun lightning round:
Coke or Sprite:Coke
Vanilla or Chocolate: Chocolate,
Hunter or Gatherer,:Hunter
Favourite Bajan sweet treat: Turn-over
Facebook or Instagram: Instagram.
6.) What has your dancing career taught you about life?
Topping the list of what my dancing career has taught me
about life is certainly patience – being patient with myself, my
body, my ideas, my creative process and the dancers that I
work with.
7.) What is the latest in your dancing career? (What are
you currently working on?)
Currently I’m preparing for the 2019 Crop Over Season
and Barbados on the Water coming up in August in Toronto.
8.) What is the next step in your dancing career? (Do you
have any future projects that you are excited about?)
There are so many things I want to work on and there
are still so many ideas that are in my think tank. But at the
moment I’m taking sometime to re-focus on myself, what I
want and how I’m going to achieve these things – projects
included.
Riddim Tribe was birthed out of my desire to create a
space where I could pursue creative endeavours that I felt
weren’t being offered to me as a dancer in Barbados. I was
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