Kareem Best

Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher, Curaiter, Artistic Manager

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Atlanta, Ga 30349

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EXPERIENCE

Philadanco Training Company D II, Philadelphia Pa — Company Dancer 2015 - 2019

Contemporary West Dance Theater, Las Vegas Nv — Company Dancer 2019 - 2020

Ballethnic Dance Company, Atlanta Ga — Company Dancer

2021 - 2022

Tyler Perry ( A Jazz Man's Blues ), Atlanta Ga — Dancer

2021

Kanye West Donda Album Release Party, Atlanta Ga — Dancer

2021

Atlanta Dance Connection, Atlanta Ga — Guest Dancer

2021

EDUCATION

Peabody Institute of John Hopkins University, Baltimore Md

2010 - 2015

Kareem was a scholarship student at Peabody under the Estell Denise Program.

Carver Center for The Arts and Technology, Baltimore Md

2011 - 2015

University of the Arts, Philadelphia Pa

2015 - 2019

Kareem was a full scholarship student at University of the Arts.

Philadanco Training Company DII, Philadelphia Pa

2015 - 2019

Kareem was a full scholarship student at University of the Arts.

Intensives

●Joffrey Jazz Intensive 2013

●Dance Theater of Harlem Summer Intensive 2015 / 2016

●Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive 2016

●Ballet X Summer Intensive 2017

●Philadanco Summer Intensive 2019

Teaching

●The Sub Room 2022-2023 ( Long Term Sub Third Grade IVY PREP ACADEMY / Para Special Education Professional KIPP, Dance KIPP )

●The Sub Room 2023-20234 ( Long Term Sub Kindergarten IV

●Carver Center for The Arts and Technology - Baltimore ( Guest Teacher 2019 )

●CAPPA High School - Philly ( Guest Teacher 2019 )

●Del Sol Dance Academy - Las Vegas ( Guest Teacher 2019 )

●Morton Street Dance Center - Baltimore ( Guest Teacher 2015 / 2019 )

●AREA Atlanta Resource For Arts and Entertainment - Atlanta ( Artistic Manager, Ballet Teacher, Modern Teacher, Jazz Teacher, Contemporary Teacher, Choreographer 2021/2022 )

●Tri Cities High School - Atlanta ( Guest Teacher / Choreographer 2022 )

Outreach / Community Service

●Director / Facilitator / Curator - Kareem and Friends presents an evening of dance community outreach project, Philadelphia 2019

●Director / Facilitator / Curator- Made to Create Arts Festival / Youth outreach initiative, Las Vegas 2020

●Director / Facilitator / Curator - Made to Create Arts Festival / Youth outreach initiative, Atlanta 2021

●Delta Phi Delta Dance Fraternity Community service ( AIDS Walk, Park Cleaning x2, Area Dance Studio Painting, Dance Studio Painting (Charlotte), Free outreach classes in collaboration with the Fulton County Public library.

Accolades

●Delta Phi Delta Dance Fraternity 2022-2023 Community Service Chair

Teaching

●Philadelphia High School For Performing Arts - Ballet / Modern (2017)

● Morton Street Dance Center - Ballet / Modern / Jazz (2018)

●Carver Center For The Arts and Technology - Choreography / Ballet / Modern (2019)

●Studio A Dance Studio - Choreography / Modern (2019)

●The Rock Center for Dance - Ballet / Modern / Jazz (2019)

●Ballet Nouveo - Ballet / Modern (2019)

●Ballethnic Dance Company - Ballet / Modern / Jazz / Choreography / Administrative Assistant (2020-2022)

Choreography

Dusk - Carver Center For The Arts And Technology

Rivers Flow - Philadanco II

Mercey - Black Tapestry produced by Area and the City of East Point

Work in Progress - In the Face Of Fear produced by the city of east point

Administration

Project Manager and Director of the Made to Create Arts Festival produced at Ballethnic, Assistant to the Artistic Director at ballehnic, Artistic Manager at Area

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