Dyane Harvey-Salaam by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Page 1 – 8 Dyane Harvey-Salaam is a virtuoso performing artist, a founding member of Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, actress, dancer, educator, choreographer, and certified Pilates teacher. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Drama/Educator and works in the entertainment industry. “I am on a high like …
FREDERICK CHARLES BENJAMIN by Dale Ricardo Shields Dancer – Choreographer { September 8, 1944 – December 14, 2013 } Page 1 – 8 Fred Benjamin, an internationally known teacher of jazz dance who was also part of the creative wave of young Black modern-dance choreographers who came to prominence in the 1970s. Benjamin was born in Boston, …
ALDE LEWIS Actor ~ Dancer ~ Choreographer ~ Director by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Alde Lewis, Jr., began his career as a modern dancer with Dianne McIntyre’s Sounds in Motion Dance Company in New York City. He credits the late tap veteran Charles “Honi” Coles for inspiring him to become a tap dancer after …
ABDEL SALAAM Executive Artistic Director/Choreographer Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Artistic Director at Dance Africa New York, New York by Dale Ricardo Shields “My spirit is exalted through Art and the world of Dance! Dance and the Divine are One!” Peace and Blessings Family, 41 years ago, Forces Of …
