TBADC Family
Meet the mentors behind the mission
SHONICA GOODEN
Executive Artistic Director
Education : Point Park University (B.F.A. in Dance)
Professional Credits: Hamilton: An American Musical (Broadway), CATS (Broadway Revival; Rumpleteazer ),Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Broadway), Matilda The Musical (National Tour), Bring It On: The Musical (Broadway and National Tour)
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TV/Film: Fossé Verdon, Manifest, Ted 2 and The First Purge.
JAMAL KAMAU WHITE
CEO of Creative Strategies and Community Engagement
(Founding Member)
Education:
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance M.F.A
Southern Methodist University B.F.A. in Dance
Professional Credits:
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Dance at Marymount Manhattan College
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Artistic Fellow at BODYTRAFFIC
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Rasta Thomas' Rock the Ballet, Missouri Ballet Theater, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Alvin Ailey II, BODYTRAFFIC
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Billy J. Hawkins III
Interim Board Liaison
Education:
MFA from University of North Carolina
BFA from University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Professional Credits:
Lecturer of Dance at Kennesaw State University
Resident choreographer for DC Next at Dance Canvas
Founding Members
AMBER JACKSON
Founding Member
Education: Point Park University; Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Professional Credits:
Hamilton: An American Musical,
Wicked (Broadway),
Rasta Thomas, Rock The Ballet
Tv/Film: So You Think You Can Dance, Netflix’s Soundtrack, The Late Show, James Corden, The Talk, and Nashville
TERRANCE MARTIN
Founding Member
Education: University Of The Arts (B.F.A. in Dance)
Professional Credits: Zorro The International China Tour, Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Sebastian),My Fair Lady, Mama Mia, Footloose, Wonderful Life, West Side Story, Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, In The Heights
WENDELL GRAY
Founding Member
Education: University Of The Arts (B.F.A. in Dance)
Professional Credits: collaborative works with Pavel Zustiak, Jonah Bokaer, Helen Simoneau, I-Ling Liu, Christal Brown, Esther Baker-Tarpaga, and J Bouey
Choreography Credits: University of the Arts, Pennsylvania Ballet II + Philadanco II, and Periapsis Music and Dance.
BRIANNE SELLARS
Founding Member
Education: Point Park University
(B.F.A. in Dance)
Professional Credits: Live Stage performance for Jackie Nese; peformed works by: Peter Chu, Kyle Abraham, Garfield Lemonius
Tv/Film: Step Up HighWater-Youtube Red
TAKIA HOPSON
Founding Member
Education: Southern Methodist University
(B.F.A. in Dance; B.A. in Journalism)
Professional Credits:
TV/Film: Earthgang's "Up" Music Video , Lead Dancer in A-Lex ft. Musiq Soulchild music video "Goals", Featured Dancer in Step Up: High Water
Choreography Credits: Ballet Dallas
DANIELLE SWATZIE
Founding Member
Education: Southern Methodist University
(B.F.A. in Dance; B.A. in Journalism)
Professional Credits:
TV/Film: Earthgang's "Up" Music Video , Lead Dancer in A-Lex ft. Musiq Soulchild music video "Goals", Featured Dancer in Step Up: High Water
Choreography Credits: Ballet Dallas
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VINSON FRALEY
Founding Member
Education: Southern Methodist University
(B.F.A. in Dance; B.A. in Journalism)
Professional Credits:
TV/Film: Earthgang's "Up" Music Video , Lead Dancer in A-Lex ft. Musiq Soulchild music video "Goals", Featured Dancer in Step Up: High Water
Choreography Credits: Ballet Dallas
