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Dress Rehearsal-Uptown Dance Academy

This opportunity occurred through a referral from New York’s Dyane Harvey-Salaam, Principal Dancer of Harlem’s Forces of Nature Dance Company, to Robin Williams, founder, director, choreographer and professional dancer. Robin can modestly boast of students at Juilliard and landing performances on Broadway, with Alvin Ailey, Cirque du Soleil, and many other entertainment institutions.

In 2002, that phone call gave me the opportunity to photograph several of their rehearsals in Harlem. Her kids, 13-19 years of age, were disciplined, hard-working, positive and structured; building traits of great value that will aid them throughout their lives.