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new faces – Jemoni Powe
Jemoi Powe is a man on the move. The first time we chatted, he was literally in motion, making his way home via a couple of buses, while talking to me with headphones on. [...]
new faces – Yoshi Sanders
The multi-faceted Yoshi Sanders has studied psychology and his dance interests extended to teaching and choreography as well as performance. His mom was a dance educator in the NYC public schools as he was growing [...]
new faces – Stella Jacobs
“I started dance classes at 4,” says Stella Jacobs, “though my mom,” who ran a pre-school in their basement for 18 years, “says I wanted to start earlier.”Stella has always used dance as escape and [...]
new faces – Owen Fulton
Owen Fulton’s story is one of grit, persistence, and determination, fed by a quite remarkable Utah dance scene little known outside that part of the country.Owen has always loved dancing and watching dance, but because [...]
new faces – Daeyana Moss
When Daeyana (pronounced Day-AH-na) was growing up in the Bronx, her mom did gymnastics and played volleyball. She was eager for her only child to enjoy them too. Daeyana did start out with gymnastics, [...]
new faces – Ashley Rivette
Ashley, it seems, was headed for dance from infancy. Her mom says she was always walking around on tiptoes and moving her body, and she had an ear for music.Though Ashley was born in Virginia, [...]
new faces – Aliya Janov
Aliya (pronounced Ah-LEE-ya) got pointed toward dance by her seven-years-older sister. A dancer herself, she suggested to Aliya, when she was about nine, that she audition, the very next day, for her dance studio.Aliya did. [...]
moving forward – Kyle Sangil & Jacob Beasley
simultaneous turnover of 5 dancers out of 7 is a big change for a small, tight-knit company. When retirement, injuries, career changes and a desire to try out the dance world of Europe combined [...]
making of the WWCDC
Although it can often seem like a mere pipe dream, it’s the long-time wish “of any new company,” as Olivier Wevers Whim W’Him’s founder and Artistic Director says, "to have their own dance center." [...]
the complete artist – Karl Watson
At the age of three, he saw a performance of The Nutcracker, “almost by accident” his mother says. He sat on the edge of his seat throughout and at the end told her, “That [...]
About the writer
Victoria Farr Brown is a former historian, a writer, now mostly of fiction, and a long-time lover of dance. She has written about Whim W’Him from its first steps in 2009.