Dinita Clark
Faculty

Dance (BFA)

Dinita Clark is a native of Philadelphia, PA. She earned her BFA from The University of the Arts in 2005. She has dedicated over 15 years to Hip Hop/Street dance culture as a professional dancer/performer, educator, mentor, choreographer, community leader and cultural ambassador of street dance. She toured both nationally and internationally as a Principal dancer with Illstyle & Peace Productions from 2002-2007. She then joined Rennie Harris Puremovement from 2007-2014 serving as principal/assistant Rehearsal Director.

Dinita was featured in Dance Magazine in “On The Rise”, written by Lisa Kraus, highlighting her artistic journey as performing artist. Locally, Dinita currently teaches at The University of the Arts and Drexel University. She has also taught and set choreography at Bryn Mawr College, Temple University, Drexel and UArts. In 2010, she co-founded Just Sole! Street Dance Theater Company, followed in 2011 by “Funky Sole Fundamentals,” a bi-monthly workshop series dedicated to the preservation of Hip Hop, House, and Funk Styles dance.

Dinita has performed and taught internationally in Poland, Mexico, UK, Amsterdam, Canada, Paris, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Kyrgyz Republic & Kazakhstan and has represented the USA as a Cultural Ambassador twice. She has taught at dance Festivals including The 13th Contemporary Dance Festival in Bytom, Barriquismo Festival in Puebla Mexico, City Lights Festival in New Castle, England, Bates Dance Festival, Illadelph Legends Festival and Ladies Of Hip Hop to name a few.

Dinita has also judged and won national and international street dance competitions including “Freestyle Session/ Survival of the Illest” and “Juste Debout USA”. She was the assistant to the choreographer Kyle “JustSole” Clark in his work for Alvin Ailey II entitled “I Am the Road”. In 2016, with funding provided by the Pew Center for the Arts & Heritage for Kyle Clark’s “The Life Of A Just Sole”, Dinita was the Administrative Assistant, Co-Choreographer, Outreach Coordinator and Master Class Educator.

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