{"id":25,"date":"2020-07-12T18:16:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T22:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:24:59","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid page-wrapper site-font\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">About Us   <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faculty-content-page\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"About Us\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/aboutus-4.jpg\" title=\"aboutus-(3).jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Creative and Performing Arts (DCPA)&nbsp;provides academic training in the arts at the graduate and undergraduate levels, primarily in the areas of dance, film,&nbsp; theatre and music.&nbsp; As a specialist academic entity, the DCPA&nbsp;provides an exploration into&nbsp;practical and theoretical concepts in the&nbsp;arts utilising both Caribbean and international perspectives.&nbsp; Our expert staff through specialist knowledge, nurture&nbsp;students,&nbsp;foster&nbsp;creativity and encourage&nbsp;innovation while preparing them for their chosen careers.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/programmes\/\">Explore our academic programmes &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination<\/strong><br \/>\nUnder the umbrella of the DCPA&nbsp;is the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination (EBCCI),&nbsp;a premier teaching and performance facility.&nbsp; &nbsp;The EBCCI can accommodate&nbsp;theatrical productions, film screenings, dance performances, meetings, workshops, seminars, lectures, cocktail receptions, awards ceremonies and dinners, as well as spaces for exhibitions, readings and rehearsals. The facilities are available for rental to external interests.&nbsp; If you wish to book&nbsp;any of our spaces, please continue to our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/facilities\/\">facilities page &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us The Department of Creative and Performing Arts (DCPA)&nbsp;provides academic training in the arts at the graduate and undergraduate levels, primarily in the areas of dance, film,&nbsp; theatre and music.&nbsp; As a specialist academic entity, the DCPA&nbsp;provides an exploration into&nbsp;practical and theoretical concepts in the&nbsp;arts utilising both Caribbean and international perspectives.&nbsp; Our expert staff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"About Us - Department of Creative and Performing Arts - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"About Us The Department of Creative and Performing Arts (DCPA)&nbsp;provides academic training in the arts at the graduate and undergraduate levels, primarily i"},"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fccpa-dcpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}