Mayolina SeguyCo-Founder & DirectorMayolina is a youth engagement professional with 10+ years of program management and development and educational instruction. She is recognized for developing and executing innovative programs that create social awareness, promote self-esteem, and build a sense of community in the Boston area.
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Shanell SandersSenior Hip-Hop TeacherShanell performed with En Motion Dance Company in Cambridge, MA. She danced Hip Hop for about 4 years. In college, she created her own dance team called Divine Expression. They performed at various events on and off campus, with the last performance dancing as back up for Ne-Yo's opening act, Henry Smith.
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Harolyn BowdenAfrican & Modern Dance TeacherHarolyn Bowden was an educator in Boston Public Schools for over 30 years, serving as a teacher and principal. She has studied modern, jazz, Haitian, Brazilian, African and Sabar dance. She has performed and trained with the following dance companies and directors: Cle’Douglas Dance Theatre, Patrick LaCroix Dance Company, the Art of Black Dance and Music (DeAma Battle), Troupe Sewa (Joh Camara), Silimbo (Fatou N’Diaye), and presently is with Uprising Dance Theatre (Noel Staples). She’s taught dance at Simmons College, Massasoit College, Paige Academy, Freedom School, and to her BPS students.
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Noel Staples Freeman
AFRICAN DANCE TEACHERNoel is a Dorchester native and a 1987 graduate of Emerson College holding a B.S. in Children's Theatre and a minor in Dance. Sis. Noel's formal training started at age 11 at The Billie Pope School of Dance in Roxbury followed by The Boston Conservatory of Music, The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and The Art of Black Dance and Music.
She performed for the 1990 Nelson Mandela visit to Boston, She received the 1995 Commomwealth Award with A.B.D.M., She also performed in Senegal West Africa at the Sorano Theatre for the President of Senegal under the direction of her Teacher, Ibrahima Camara. Sister Noel has been teaching and performing in the community and abroad for the past 30 years, and she practices Martial Arts and Healing Arts Tai Chi, Wing Chun and Qi Gong. |