Coryse Villarouel

Coryse Villarouel is from Trinidad where she grew up playing mas. In Hartford, she learned to dance with the Cultural Dance Troupe of the West Indies, and she still teaches there part-time. Coryse has organized her own dance group for young people in Torrington. She assisted Harold Springer in advising the teens on dance movements when wearing the costumes, so they could learn Carnival performance skills. With her guidance and choreography, the teens were able to perform an extended high-energy routine as the main attraction at the Taste of Hartford event and during the long route of the Parade. She also choreographed dance routines that the teens performed at the Festival held at Bushnell Park after the Parade in 2014.