Spring 2024 Youth Jazz & Afro Fusion

Class Info

This is a wonderful introduction to the world of dance for young dancers. Students will learn foundational techniques of jazz dance in a supportive and encouraging environment to explore their creativity, build confidence, and develop a lifelong love for dance. For dancers ages 8 -13. Meet Vania C. Bynum: Vania C. Bynum, founder of VC Bynum Arts & Education, is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer whose calling is to enhance the life of others through her artistic gifts. A graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, Vania has performed at the Paramount & Moore Theaters, Intiman Theatre, Benaroya Hall, Meydenbauer, Langston Hughes, and local churches, leading the Liturgical Dance Ministry at New Beginnings Christian Fellowship for 11 years. In addition to self-producing performances, she has choreographed works for the Seattle Peace Chorus, Dr. Maxine Mimms Presents, Sound of the Northwest, Northwest Tap Connection, Broadway Bound Children’s Theater, and more. Recently, Vania danced the role of Clara in Spectrum Dance Theater’s Harlem Nutcracker (2022) and choreographed for both the return of Seattle’s beloved Black Nativity (2023) and The Life of Thea Bowman “I will live until I Die” (2024). Vania is thankful and thrilled to uplift the history of our culture working on The Lion Tells His Tale (2024) with the Intiman Theater this season. Visit her at www.weinspirehumanity.org

Contact Details

• First United Methodist Church hosted by City Opera Ballet

  1934 108th Avenue Northeast, Bellevue, WA, USA

  425-591-4685

  vcb@vaniacbynum.com