BODY AND SOUL: Daphne Lee: Prepare for touring. Prepare for leadership.

 

Daphne Lee (photo: Ziggy Mack)

Color headshot wearing red lipstick, gold nose piercing and hair in a flat twist updo with a slight smile. Right hand is placed by the right side of face.

 

Ballet dancer Daphne Lee, currently with world-renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem, has learned much about the joys and rigors of touring. In this talk, she shares her observations, concerns, and tips for young performers and challenges the dance field to consider how it develops new leaders.

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Photo: Theik Smith

A black and white shot, of me jumping with feet crossed in the air. Hair is in faux locs and are splayed out from the momentum of the jump. Wearing a nude leotard.

BIO: Daphne Lee, originally from Rahway, NJ, began her dance training at the Rahway Dance Theatre under the direction of her mother, Ms. Jay Skeete-Lee. She graduated with Honors from the Alvin Ailey/Fordham BFA program in dance and currently holds an MFA from Hollins University. As an advocate for Multiple Myeloma Cancer research and diversity inclusion initiatives with companies, Lee remains an active ambassador of negotiating what it means to be an artist in the twenty-first century including branching out beyond ballet. Her teaching and lecture credentials include Rutgers, TCU, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Kent State, and many more. She incorporated a scholarship dedicated to women of color pursuing performing arts degrees. Lee has danced with Alvin Ailey II, Oakland Ballet Company, Collage Dance Collective, Black Iris Project, among many artists including Beyónce and is currently with the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York City. www.daphnemlee.com and Instagram: Daphne732