Beyond Choreography...

HELLO LOVES!!
It's April first, which calls for a new month-a fresh start is ahead of us!!
So because I feel super festive I am more than excited to introduce you to a very special guest we got the chance to talk to-Darrell Grand Moultrie, 
Which might be one of my personal favorite choreographers. Back in the day, When Dance Theatre of Harlem visited Israel, They preformed a piece named "Vessels", which touched me truly .. And the brains behind this masterpiece is Mr. Moultrie, So ever since then I was a keen follower of his work.
I hope you'd find this interview as inspiring as I found it, and I'm wishing you a month full of inspiration, may your spirit never rest seeking for change and newness!!!

XO, N

Q: About?
DGM: I was born and raised in New York City in Harlem (very proud New Yorker) youngest of five and introduced to the Arts through Public School. There was a very special woman in my life. Ms. Gwendolyn McLoud  my 3rd grade music teacher who saw something in me and made it her business to expose me to EVERYTHING New York had to offer. She told my mother...."he's mine!"  She made me sign a contract in the third grade that I would do great in school and she would pay for everything I needed for dance. i kept my end of the bargain and excelled in school and so did she. She paid for every dance class, every piece of clothing  and shoes I needed. She took me to Broadway shows, Symphonies, Alvin Ailey, New York City Ballet, Plays, Dance Theatre of Harlem. It gives me goosebumps when I think of what she did for me. Before she passed she told me she was very specific about showing me a very DIVERSE look in to the Arts. She told me the world would try to label me as one thing based on where i was from......and her goal was to make sure I appreciated many forms of Art. My career today is a direct reflection of what she did for me. I am blessed to be able to jump in to different genres as a choreographer thanks to her commitment to me. I hope to be an inspiration for young people of all races who come from disadvantaged surroundings.

Darrell Grand Moultrie by Franklin Thompson

Q: What made you realize you want to become a choreographer?

DGM: I was choreographing as a kid! I was always bossing the kids around and making them dance in my creations in the hallways of the housing projects! Usually it was the latest dances. As I got older there was a great school I attended in East harlem called The Harbor Conservatory for the Arts where I met more passionate teachers who changed my life. We would do student choreography there also. Then it continued at Laguardia High School for the Performing Arts and Juilliard.

So there we go!! I feel extremely inspired and honored to have the chance to speak with such a talented choreographer, look out, world!! Darrell Grand Moultrie is coming at you ;)