Jawole willa jo zollar biography

          Choreographer and dancer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar was born in and raised in Kansas City, Missouri.

        1. Growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar earned her B.A. in dance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and her M.F.A.
        2. Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (born December 21, ) is an American dancer, teacher and choreographer of modern dance.
        3. Choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, founded Urban Bush Women (UBW) in
        4. She was born and raised in Kansas City, MO. She trained with Joseph Stevenson, a student of the legendary Katherine Dunham, and received a B.A. in dance.

          5. Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (born December 21, ) is an American dancer, teacher and choreographer of modern dance.!

          Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

          American dancer, teacher and choreographer (born )

          Not to be confused with Zimbabwe's "zollar" (RTGS Dollar), currency.

          Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (born December 21, ) is an American dancer, teacher and choreographer of modern dance.

          She is the founder of the Urban Bush Women dance company.

          Biography

          One of six children, she was born Willa Jo Zollar in Kansas City, Missouri, to parents Alfred Zollar Jr. and Dorothy Delores Zollar.[1] From age seven to seventeen, Zollar received her dance education from Joseph Stevenson, former student of Katherine Dunham.[2] Zollar also had early training in Afro-Cuban and other native dance forms which later helped to shape her teaching aesthetic.[3] She received a Bachelor of Arts in dance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and her Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University.

          She has been a professor at Florida State University's School of Dance since at least , when sh