Musical Theatre | Choreographer/Director
July 29 – August 4
At the forefront of a new movement in the dance world, Sekou McMiller’s (he/him) melange of Afro Latin Jazz, Afro-Caribbean (Salsa/Mambo, Cha-cha-cha, Rumba, Yoruba) urban dance, modern, jazz, and contemporary styles, augmented by his explosive energy on and off stage, has earned Sekou broad recognition world-wide. Sekou has performed and choreographed for top latin artists including Gilberto Santa Rosa, Willie Colon, Cheo Feliciano, Johnny Pacheco, Tito Rojas, Tito Nieves, PitBull, and the pop icon Madonna. In addition to his recent Residency at Jacob’s Pillow, McMiller is a fellowship recipient with The Alvin Ailey Foundation’s New Directions Choreography Lab and the City University of New York (CUNY) Dance Initiative. Sekou has received certificates of training from both the prestigious Danza Contemporanea de Cuba in Havana, Cuba and École des Sables in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal.
Sekou can be seen in the Warner Bros theatrical feature In the Heights (2021) directed by Jon M. Chu and in the newly released documentary Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance. Currently, Sekou is a faculty member at Marymount Manhattan College, NYU: Tisch School of the Arts, The Ailey School, Joffrey Ballet School, Ballet Hispánico, Steps on Broadway, and Broadway Dance Center. In addition, he is a Curator and Project Director at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.
Sekou’s choreographic work has been featured at Dance Chicago, Apollo Theater, New York Jazz Choreographers Festival, The Actors Fund Theater, APAP New York City Center, Peridance Salvatore Capezio Theater, Ailey CitiGroup Theater, Symphony Space, Edison Ballroom, Hammerstein Ballroom, United Palace Theater, Bryant Park, Little Island NYC, the United Nations General assembly, Olympic Park Stadium in Seoul, S. Korea, the Great Wall of China, Harbour Dance Vancouver, and Winter Gardens in Blackpool, U.K. Internationally, Sekou has performed, choreographed, and instructed in over 30 countries and over 150 cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore, Mumbai, Shanghai, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec, Manchester, London, Warsaw, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Rome, Milan, Paris, Hanover, Istanbul, Monaco, Brussels, Dakar, and many other international hubs of dance.
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