Educating & Entertaining

Telling the story of survival of enslavement in Jamaica through the medium of dance

Promoting Jamaican Culture

Proud to promote the Jamaican Quadrille dancing in the UK, across all communities, cultures and age groups.

Affirmation of inner strength

Quadrille dancing is an affirmation of the inner strength, wisdom and resilience of our ancestors.

JANUKA Achievements (2018) : Workshops in the Community

We facilitated 9 dance workshops in community halls, day centres, and other public and private settings. We also had 10 requests to sing Jamaican folk songs with audience participation as an integral feature of our engagements. The sing- along sessions were a delight for the Senior citizens who happily sang along with us as they […]

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JANUKA Achievements (2018) : Dance Around the World

In October we were allocated 20 minutes to showcase the Jamaican Quadrille at Dance Around the World – Festival of International Dance, at Cecil Sharp House – Camden- North West London. This is one of our regular annual performances on this beautiful dance floor. I could sense the concentration of spectators as we danced in […]

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JANUKA Achievements (2018) : Elim Pentecostal Church in Catford at their Golden Years Club

On the 21st July, we performed at Elim Pentecostal Church in Catford, SE London, at their Golden Years Club annual event. This afternoon event was well attended by a multi-cultural audience of senior citizens. At the end of our performance, we were pleasantly surprized when called back to the stage to receive a commendation for […]

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JANUKA Achievements (2018) : Quadrille Dancing in Public Settings

Lewisham People’s Day (2018) On the 7th July, a hot summer’s afternoon, we danced and facilitated a short quadrille workshop at Lewisham People’s Day in Mountsfield Park South East London. This annual event is always well attended by local and surrounding communities. We enjoyed dancing on this stage and it was a delight to see the […]

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JANUKA Achievements (2018) : Quadrille Dancing in Private Settings

During 2018, we travelled near and far to entertain, educate, empower and inspire positive awareness of our Jamaican Cultural Heritage, to multicultural audiences of varying sizes, age groups and formality. Many verbal, non-verbal and written encouraging feedbacks were received. Comments included: “Please accept our heartfelt gratitude for your wonderful performance at our Family Day event. […]

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JANUKA Achievements (2018) : Introduction

The year 2018 was another action-packed, exciting, fun filled year for JANUKA dance group. As well as dancing the quadrille in public and private settings, we facilitated dance workshops in community halls, day centres and at private events. We also had many requests to sing Jamaican folk songs, with audience participation, as an integral feature […]

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Tribute to JANUKA by Ella

My first experience of JÁNUKA was in September 2016, when I was invited to attended “An Evening with JÁNUKA”- “The Will To Survive” Part 2. I did not know what to expect, but went with an open mind. It turned out to be quite a spectacular evening with the parading and outburst of colours, cultural […]

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JANUKA Achievements 2017

2017 was another successful year in achieving our goals, i.e. to entertain, educate, promote and inspire positive awareness of our Jamaican cultural heritage. JANUKA enjoyed dancing the quadrille at 21 private and public events and facilitated 14 quadrille workshops in local schools.

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Tribute to JANUKA by Joan S

Tribute to JANUKA: by Joan S Joan’s Tribute – “Lang run …Shaat ketch” In 2006, I attended a charity function to raise awareness of the need for Black and Minority Ethnic bone marrow donors. JÁNUKA Quadrille dancers performed at this event. I was duly impressed by the energy and enthusiasm emanating from them, and the […]

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An evening with Januka… by Carmen and Sheila

By popular request, JÁNUKA plans to host another evening of music, narrative and dance in September 2018, in celebration of our 12th anniversary. This event entitled The Will to Survive Part 3 – “Independence” will be the third in a series of themed performances. The previous two events in 2015 and 2016 were entitled The […]

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