MasFX Dance

MasFX Dance represents the fusion of two concepts close to my heart: “playin’ mas’”, the Trinidadian expression for participating in the annual Carnival festival, and ‘FX’, industry shorthand for audio and visual, special effects. Through playin’ mas, we transform ourselves to embody a deep, pure, and passionate emotional connection to the African Diasporic experience. We dance to bring the exuberant joy and magic of Carnival everywhere we go, whether it’s a school assembly, a street festival, or a major stage production. However, no performance can truly connect with our audience without a clear, comprehensive understanding of how to craft and design an enriching experience. This requires a diverse team of technicians and craftspeople who help plan, stage, and execute these events. With MasFX, we encourage our artists to think, collaborate, and create art with a healthy body, a technical mind, and a joyful spirit. MasFX Dance has been a journey of discovery over the last two decades, but formally became a collective in January 2020, right before the pandemic. Over the last three years, MasFX Dance has slowly grown to feature a talented collective of artists steeped in various disciplines of African Diasporic Dance, and engages the community through intentional showcases of joy as a form of liberation in our performances and classes.