Anthony "Kashim" Turpin Biography: Black Male Ballet Principal Dancer Dancer Breaking Philadelphia and New York Stage and Floor With Fashion and Beauty by Van Stone frontpagenews1@yahoo.com (267) 293-9201
Wearing the traditional ballet flat shoe –the traditional ballet pointe shoe is worn by women- the Black Man, Kashim, can awe the audience quickly when seen bending his legs while leaping or bending over without bending leg.
Anthony K. Turpin, aka Kashim Turpin, a native Philadelphian, born May 13, 1987, is one of few male dancers coping with the
Black Ballet dilemmas which is basically far from having changed over the past 20
decades in North America and Europe.
And Kishim does much ado about something Ballet Blackness!
And Kishim does much ado about something Ballet Blackness!
AKAstudios, the youth dance program started by Kashim Turpin
with a mission to provide dancers and students to use dance to further better
their lives, education and families, is
his way of helping others to be taken seriously in performance fashion,
movement and music.
Turpin, a Black male, has been the principal dancer or star
dancer in most professional dance companies.
Wearing the traditional ballet flat shoe –the traditional ballet pointe shoe is worn by women- the Black Man, Kashim, can awe the audience quickly when seen bending his legs while leaping or bending over without bending leg.
Anthony studied classical ballet at the University of The
Arts Philadelphia and is a graduate of U of The Arts 2010. He has a Bachelor of
Fine Arts (BFA) in Ballet Dance Performance and Concentration in Choreography.
Having been educating
the youth through dance for the past 7 years, in school settings, various
organizations, and professional dance companies, Turpin is trained in
many styles of dance, such as; (Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop,
Ballroom, Lyrical, African, etc.) which was taught by his first professional
company Messiah DanceWorks from 2006-2009.
Kashim, a professional dancer turned fashion model, has
fused the two arts into one blend labeling his personal style of
dance as Ballet Hip-Hop.
Ballet Hip-Hop dance can be the inclusion of Contemporary, Hip-Hop, African Dance, Tap, and more.
The Ballet Hip-Hop can be done with or without the sound of music.
Ballet Hip-Hop dance can be the inclusion of Contemporary, Hip-Hop, African Dance, Tap, and more.
The Ballet Hip-Hop can be done with or without the sound of music.
In 2010, as Creative
Director and Dance Specialist of AKAstudios, Turpin has moved his youth program
classes and rehearsals to middle and high schools in New York City.
Philadelphia dance classes and rehearsals will follow in the near future.
In April 2016, Turpin and his AKAstudios were recognized by the magazine Philadelphia Front Page News-Ballet Black for outstanding becoming a fashion icon on the dance stage and floor.
Philadelphia dance classes and rehearsals will follow in the near future.
In April 2016, Turpin and his AKAstudios were recognized by the magazine Philadelphia Front Page News-Ballet Black for outstanding becoming a fashion icon on the dance stage and floor.
Over the last 6 years, Kashim’s dance youth program has
grown from fifteen to twenty five dancers, a ballet after school program with
30 pupils, and competing dance programs in both New York and Philly interested
in performance competition.
The youth program will soon have instruction for pupils as
young as age four to twelve as well.
Anthony has been recognized in the city of Philadelphia for
his senior thesis at U of Arts called Obtainable Freedom. Set to the framed of
1963 speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, which was performed for the 18th
Equality Forum of Philadelphia, and posted in the Philadelphia Inquirer in
2010.
Here in NYC Turpin also worked with an agency called MSA, which
opened doors for him to work with R&B music artist Ne-Yo and UK artist Lady
Sovereign.
At 28-years-old, Anthony K. Turpin has come a long way from
several of the sports he participated in at age 6 and 10.
He played both football and basketball in organized youth sports programs, winning his first widely recognized basketball championship as a player on a now defunct Young West Park Basketball Players Team during the Mayor W. Wilson Good Youth Program in Philadelphia, PA.
That was a time when former Mayor Good held several positions in the United States Department of Education.
He played both football and basketball in organized youth sports programs, winning his first widely recognized basketball championship as a player on a now defunct Young West Park Basketball Players Team during the Mayor W. Wilson Good Youth Program in Philadelphia, PA.
That was a time when former Mayor Good held several positions in the United States Department of Education.
Turpin, an athletic champion already at a very young age,
before he realized it he enjoyed performing impressive jumps, toe curls, toe
walking, splits, booty shaking, toe tapping, leg lifting, rhythm matching,
sequence stepping, walking and running made for ballet fitness and his Ballet Hip-Hop
life.
Turpin embraces dance, teaches youth that dance should be
fulfilling and an enriching experience.
He seeks to bring a high level of energy, passion, and education about dance to other organizations in the community.
He seeks to bring a high level of energy, passion, and education about dance to other organizations in the community.
As a community activist for better recreation and education,
particularly within the urban and inner city communities, he has and will
continually expand his knowledge to use all necessary tools to better youth
organization and youth empowerment.
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