09/11/2022
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Jemima Talatu Angulu Aka Mima is a Dancer, Choreographer, and Artistic Director, and Founder of The Krump Dance Studios Abuja.
As a choreographer, she infuses her Knowledge of Hip-hop and Other Contemporary dance styles to tell stories through her productions and has worked with Various Creative artists and Organizations such as D**e Chukwumerije, Davido, Clarence Peters, The American Embassy Nigeria, The French Institute Nigeria, The German Embassy on Collaborative projects in Abuja.
Her training Background includes Nigerian Cultural dances, Ballet, Jazz, Salsa, Hip-hop, and contemporary dance. Mima is also a graduate of the ISVP program at the Broadway Dance Center New York, a Graduate of Entrepreneurial Management at The Pan Atlantic University Nigeria, A Next Level Global Alumni, and a recipient of the arts in Public space Culture program.
As a producer, her work includes Grease "the Naija mix", For the love of hip-hop, Love and jazz, Omo Naija Expressions of the soul, textures, and Abuja the Musical. She is also the Initiator of “Creative Connect” a creative learning class experience and Krump Studio’s contemporary Dance Incubator and Training Program " Krump Nation" a project for building young contemporary dancers in areas of skill, community building, and entrepreneurship.
For her, the krump dance studios is a place to be inspired, to create, to train, and where dance is used as a tool to change lives.
Jemima has been featured in several documentaries and Her story has been shared in many articles as a pioneer and an inspiration for women and youths who seek a different path.
She spends her time teaching and working with youths using dance as her tool for community development and self-development. Jemima is also a group fitness instructor and the Creator of Krump Fitness and has gone to host and design several group fitness programs and mentored several fitness trainers.