ORIGINATION CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Home Who We Are Programs Events Contact Donate Alumni DRAKE A.CURTIS Drake A. Curtis began dancing at a very young age. Drake joined OrigiNation’ Nia Dance Troupe in 2005. Throughout 2005-2011 he served as an assistant to the Artistic Director and a Choreographer for Girls of Imani. He has also travelled with OrigiNation on multiple Youth empowerment tours, South Africa (2007), Senegal (2009), London and Paris (2010). Drake is now a full time flight attendant with Delta Airlines by day, and a Portrait Photographer by night. He claims his love for travel was cultivated through his time overseas performing with Nia. Drake continues to work with OrigiNation though virtual workshops and community development projects. @flightcoachdrizzy (Flight Attendant) @photosbydrizzy (Photography) OC AC © 2020 OrigiNation, Inc. Tel: 123-456-7890 | Fax: 123-456-7890

ORIGINATION CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Home Who We Are Programs Events Contact Donate Alumni Founded in 1994 by our Founding Artistic Director, Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga, OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center (OrigiNation) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit performing arts organization. While our programs are open to all youth, our primary focus is to serve African American and Latino youth in Boston’s underserved communities of Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan. Our mission is to: Provide high-quality arts education and leadership programs that develop self-esteem, physical fitness, and civic responsibility among youth ages 2 – 18 and Raise awareness about and appreciation for the influences of African and African-American culture in contemporary society. OC AC © 2020 OrigiNation, Inc. Tel: 123-456-7890 | Fax: 123-456-7890

ORIGINATION CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Home Who We Are Programs Events Contact Donate Alumni DEMETRIUS BURNS “All that you touch you change, all that you change changes you, the only lasting truth is change, god is change” -Octavia Butler Demetrius Burns was born in Anniston, AL and grew up in Boston, MA where he started his dance training at Origination Cultural Arts Center. He then graduated from Boston Arts Academy and the Boston Conservatory on scholarship where he choreographed Urinetown on the musical theatre department. He spent several summers at the Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts (EMIA) as a student, intern, and dance instructor. Demetrius attended the Bates Dance Festival, Jacobs Pillow social dance program with the American Dance Guild Scholarship under the direction of Camille A. Brown and Moncell Durden, and the Jacobs Pillows Improvisation Traditions and Innovation program the following year under the direction of Jawole Zollar. He then joined and is still currently a member of Ronald K. Brown Evidence, a dance company celebrating his fourth season. Demetrius is currently working on obtaining his MFA in Dance from Hollins University. @ilikefame OC AC © 2020 OrigiNation, Inc. Tel: 123-456-7890 | Fax: 123-456-7890