Ibrah admits that time management isn’t his
strong suit, but regardless he remains dead-
set on completing his tasks for the day. “From
morning to night, I’m watching dancing videos,
learning about running a successful dancing
studio, teaching or dancing. That’s about 90
percent of my day. The other 10 percent I’m
relaxing by watching movies, working out, or
talking to friends. It’s pretty haphazard.”
Many professional dancers have inspired me to
dance, especially Congolese dancers like koffie
olomide. Ever since I was little, I knew dance
was my passion and because of that, it has al-
ways been my goal to become a professional
dancer.
Performing on stage is like having a conver-
sation with the audience. They can see even
the smallest emotion and intent portrayed in
my movement. There’s no intermediary “right
word” to be found - my thoughts and feel-
ings directly inspire movement, and there’s no
wrong “definition” when it comes to movement.
Even walking around the stage a certain way
alerts them to the fact that I’m sad, or elated
- whatever! And when there is no audience to
watch on, that is the time that I get to check in
with myself and let my body do the real talkin’.
Because sometimes you don’t realize you feel
something until it unexpectedly comes out.