Symphony For The Dance Floor with DBR - Choreographed by Millicent Johnnie

Mllicent Johnnie is a Star on the Rise

Millicent Johnnie is the consummate professional; in her approach, in her planning, and in the execution of her work.  Millicent, a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, earned both, her BFA and MFA in Dance at the prestigious dance program at Florida State University. Millicent currently teaches dance at SMU University is Dallas, TX. She has served on the faculty at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana after her touring as a resident choreographer and rehearsal director for the Urban Bush Women in New York City.

Millicent has been able to place her indelible print on a number of fascinating projects as a choreographer. Her unique style and inherent ability to lucidly interpret and express music through dance has placed her in a class all her own. She is without question one of those individuals that is only bound by the limits of her imagination and from this writer's evaluation, there are no limits.

Millicent’s choreography has been featured on Cleo Parker-Robinson Dance, The Urban Bush Women, Hubbard Street II, Sunshine Network, The Katrina Project, ESPN, and more. She has been recognized as a guest artist at the Tougaloo College -  Mississippi Hip Hop Youth Festival, University of Tennessee – Knoxville and more.

She has formal training in Abada Capoeira, while in Capoeira Brazil and at the Escola de Dansa in historic Salvador, Bahia. Millicent has been able to merge her informal and formal American dance training in Hip Hop with the Brazilian Martial Art Capoeira along with some Caribbean influenced movements to create a hybrid that is truly her own vocabulary that speaks powerfully and fluently.

Millicent has recently indicated that she is ready to take her career to the next level. She wants to get involved in the production side of things. This could prove to be an incredible move on her part as it will allow her to have more creative freedom and input. If she approaches this next phase of her career with the same passion, commitment and intensity that she has displayed up to this point, her success is inevitable. 

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