Luam

Luam began dancing with African Rhythms Dance Company at University of Pennsylvania and Ballet Shango in Philadelphia before moving to NY (graduating with a degree in Biological Bases of Behavior, double minors in Psychology and African American Studies). While working at the AOL TimeWarner's, Time Inc. in the Advance Technology Group, she continued her training at Broadway Dance Center and Djoniba Dance Center studying Jazz, Hip-Hop, Ballet, West African, Cuban, Modern, & Haitian. Here, she also met Rhapsody, director of Rhapsody: The Company of which she was a member for several years. Meanwhile she continued at Time Inc., working on creative technology projects with Fortune, People, Entertainment Weekly, as well as their Intranet & Advanced Communications Group.

Her passion for dance grew to teaching and choreography & she began teaching at Djoniba Dance Center and NY Sports Clubs in 2000. Suddenly, in 2002 she left her career in technology and plans for medicine behind to pursue it full time. She also started FallingRockStar, a successful web and graphic design company with partner Dar Riser. Now free to aggressively follow her dreams in dance/choreography she continued teaching and training, while her career has brought her to artists and stages all over the world. She has choreographed for TV ,commercial campaigns (MTV's Hip Hop Week, Mastercard, As The World Turns, etc.) and various recording artists (Kris, Joe Buddens, etc.). She has also danced for Ludacris, Kelis, Kanye West, Ashanti, etc., and toured with soca artist Kevin Lyttle on his US Promo Tour. She has recently worked with Ciara, Mashonda, Nelly Furtado; choreographed for Fila and Def Jam artist Rihanna on stages and screens all over the world and in the US. Luam also teaches master workshops and perform with her crew internationally as well.

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