Afrofusion Hip Hop Dance Class With Jerijah West

This will be Jerijah West final Afro Fusion class of the Summer at Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance. Join me Saturday 8.13.16 from 3-4:30 at Gibney Dance (53 Chambers St). Learn elements of traditional West African, Kuduro, Hip Hop, and Afro House. All for the price of $15. All levels are welcome. See you there! About Me: Jerijah started his professional dance career at the age of 8 years old as a member of Batoto Yetu. From 2011 to 2015 he was the Rehearsal Director for the Company. He has performed at Lincoln Center, Jacobs Pillow, Madison Square Garden and Carnegie Hall. His two career highlights include performing Off Broadway and for Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary along side the late Whitney Houston, Usher, and Mya. Some of the places he’s performed and travelled to include China, England, France, Berlin, South Africa, Spain, Angola, Trinidad, Germany, Sweden and Brazil. Jerijah is a proud graduate of Syracuse University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication with a minor Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises. He starred in the theatrical workshop of Legend of Yauna at BAM Fisher, which was created by the Grammy award-winning composer Chris Berry and Directed and Choreographed by Maija Garcia (the creative director of the Tony award-winning Broadway production FELA!). The New York Times said the following about his performance, “Jerijah West, throughout and as a fox-man, is a standout.” He is a company member of Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, under the direction of the incomparable Abdel R. Salaam. More Info below.