THE L’Acadco dance group celebrates its 30th anniversary with a two-week season from June 28-July 7 at Philip Sherlock Centre in St Andrew.

According to founder/artistic director L’Antoinette Stines, each night will feature different pieces by various choreographers.

“The season is based on the theme ‘Past, Present and Future’ and as a result, boasts a diverse lineup of styles and choreographers, all staging brand new pieces,” Stines told the Jamaica Observer.

Among L’Acadco’s guest performers are Natalie Courtesy, Onaje Bell, Gene Carson-Cumberbatch (Barbados), Abeldo ‘Toki’ Gonzalves (Cuba), Amanyea Stines-Jones, Adrian Wanliss, dancehall dancer Pee Wee and choreographer Jessica Shaw.

On gala night (June 29), special guest is poet/social activist Mutabaruka.

Stines points out that the landmark season is more than just dance. There will be a secondary schools lecture series which has already been executed in Wolmer’s, Belair High, Knox College, Decarteret College, Manchester High and Bishop Gibson High.

“It is year of giving. I am taking a page out of the Cuban experience to make our people sensitive to the arts, we are taking it to them. L’Acadco will be going into the schools and taking the dance to the children,” she said.

A free concert is planned for Emancipation Park in New Kingston in August.

L’Acadco is also scheduled to perform in the Cayman Islands, Suriname and China.