 Jessie SawyersJessie Sawyers is a Seattle-based tap dancer whose involvement in the entertainment industry spans over a decade. She began her training with Cheryl Johnson and Anthony Peters and has had the honor of studying with tap masters Harold “Stumpy” Cromer, Arthur Duncan, Jeni LeGon, and the late tap greats Cholly Atkins, Ernest “Brownie” Brown, Gregory Hines, Fayard Nicholas, LaVaughn Robinson, Jimmy Slyde, and Prince Spencer. Jessie has been a faculty member, featured soloist, and asistant to Dianne Walker at the Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival. She has worked with Savion Glover and performed his choreography in DANCE This at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, a stage upon which she was also invited to dance with the late Gregory Hines. In April of 2010, Jessie self-produced and performed in her first full-length show, called FLOW, featuring live music by The Teaching, tap dancers Travis Knights and Mark Mendonca, contemporary dance from VAM performance, a group piece with 22 tap dancers, and a silent auction of her own ceramic artwork with proceeds benefitting the Starlight Children’s Foundation. FLOW played at the Triple Door, Seattle’s premiere live music venue, to a sold out house of 300. www.JessieSawyers.com.
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