![]() Without injury, you can probably go into your late 50s, early 60s.įP: I read that the history of the limbo dance includes the symbolism of the head emerging from under the bar as a triumph of life over death. We call it the land of steel and limbo and calypso. So, a standard beer bottle - 22.96 cm or 9.04 inches?ĬH: I’ve done that, back in my youth when I was smaller!įP: What is it about limbo that keeps you at it? How long can a professional performer expect to limbo?ĬH: I love the fire and the excitement. How tall is a beer bottle? I’ve gone that low (a bar on top of beer bottles at each end).įP: The world record is 21.5 cm. I’m not that flexible but I can hold my weight and have that balance. There are people that are flexible and can’t hold their weight and move under the bar. For me, it is the whole idea of not being that flexible and still being able to do it. Or are your joints quite strong?ĬH: I don’t train very much because I have natural ability. I had played sports, mostly (field) hockey and was involved with pan (drums) and entertainment.įP: Does the natural ability mean that you are quite flexible? It looks as if you would need to be in order to go as low as you can go. I found it interesting and I found I had the natural ability. I went to Japan as a pannist (a person who plays steelpans) and there were limbo dancers there. When did you learn to limbo dance?Ĭory Herbert: I actually started at the age of 19. Herbert learned to limbo from Junior Renaud, known as the “Limbo King,” who is said to have danced under an bar set 20 cm off the floor.įree Press: It seems as if the limbo would be something you’d have to learn as a little kid and practise every day until you get good enough to perform it as flawlessly and regularly as you do. Trinidad is also the birthplace of “Limbo Queen” Shemika Charles, 22, who set the Guinness World Records mark for lowest limbo dance of 21.5 centimetres when she performed on U.S. Herbert also plays the steelpan, a drum-like percussion instrument whose birthplace is Trindad. Herbert and Gill, 39, have been performing with the Northwest Laventille Cultural Movement dance group, appearing in shows and carnivals around the world, often more than 15 a year. Herbert, from the island of Trinidad, and fellow dancer Cindy Gill have made the trek to Winnipeg for the third consecutive year to perform in the Folklorama shows. Winnipeg Free PressĪ performer does the limbo at the Caribbean Folklorama pavilion Sunday, August 2, 2015. A series of five performances today between 5:30 p.m. ![]() ![]() Herbert, 38, is showing awestruck audiences just how low he can go in the limbo dance as part of the pavilion show at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain. It is the limbo dance by Cory Herbert at Caribbean Pavilion during the first week of Folklorama 2015 - and it is not to be missed. There’s fire, feathers, shouting, glittering costumes and feats of flexibility. This article was published (2963 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
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