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Additionally, we plan to offer a scholarship to a BIPOC student currently studying at our partner studio who is in need of funds for training as well. We would then scholarship those students, offering them the opportunity to train at our partner dance studio free of charge. We plan to partner with high quality dance studios in areas with diverse populations to locate young dancers who possess the potential to be professionals but who do not have the funds to pay for dance training.

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Share the Movement’s mission is to increase diversity in the professional dance community by providing financial, educational, and inspirational support to promising young BIPOC dancers. Daniel and Kate shared their story with a group of professional dancers, choreographers, and arts producers and the result was the creation of the new 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation Share the Movement. She saw firsthand how dance and the opportunity to experience it completely changed Daniel’s life. Kate Harpootlian danced with Daniel at Columbia City Jazz when she was growing up. So, along with he and his father cleaning the studio, a group of local donors worked together to fund Daniel’s dance training from age 9 to age 18.

Unfortunately, Daniel’s family was not able to afford his dance training. Dale saw undeniable raw talent in Daniel and wanted him to train at her South Carolina studio, Columbia City Jazz. Dale Lam at an after-school program at his elementary school. When Daniel was just 9 years old, he was spotted by his future dance teacher, Ms. In 2018, Daniel Gaymon was cast in the world-famous musical Hamilton, but the long journey that led to Daniel working professionally as a dancer of color almost never began.

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