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October 16, 2013
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Inspired
by Dance
North Portland
dance center
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Performing alongside the likes
of Madonna, Celine Dion, and
Pink, and in top productions like
Color Purple and Cirque du Soleil,
Portland dancer Kemba Shannon
has certainly racked up her acco­
lades in the dance world. And she
says it all stemmed from a world-
renowned pop star and his coun­
terparts.
“As a little girl I was captivated
by watching Michael Jackson and
all the Motown artists, and I al­
ways felt for some reason I had
some passion for it,” Shannon
Local students
g et a lesson in
dance at the
Kemba Shan­
non Dance
Centerin north
Portland’s
Kenton neigh­
borhood.
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Kemba Shannon
says about her early entry into
what would become a profes­
sional career.
Her first dance steps came
when she joined a group that was
headed by an older teacher that
she still remembers even to this
day. Shannon says Ms. Osmand’s
ability to choreograph every step
to the rhythm of the music was
awe inspiring and instilled that
passion she experienced when
she watched ‘The King of Pop.’
Now a dance teacher herself
out of a small studio in north
Portland, Shannon reflects on
those early years as what got her
comfortable with dance, “I guess
it was really for me, watching my
teachers and learning from them.”
Shannon says she advanced
her skills by taking instructional
materials home and practicing
dance moves in her room, train­
ing away bad habits and perfect­
ing her craft. From there, she
found herself creating her own
choreography and curriculum in
toe with a syllabus to go with it at
a very young age.
A Baltimore native, Shannon
continued
on page 7
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