Boogie McClarin (Chicago, Illinois) Boogie McClarin (Chicago, Illinois) thanks God for her many blessings and the opportunity to experience the power and beauty of dance—how it shapes community and how it can heal and unify mind, body and soul. Boogie began her dance training at Whitney Young Magnet High School and the underground House parties of the late 1980’s. She continued her training under Laurie Sanda at Iowa State University and was strongly influenced by her conversations with prominent activists like Sonia Sanchez, Kwame Toure, Dr. Eric Michael Dyson and Dr. Cornell West. Returning to Chicago in 1998, Boogie has continued her formal dance training at the Joel Hall Dance Center, while cultivating her talent for hip-hop and urban street forms with the internationally renowned Rennie Harris and Puremovement (Philadelphia), The Electric Boogaloos (Los Angeles), Compagnie Kafig (Paris) and Phaze II (Chicago). Some of her other significant influences include participation in master classes by Anna Sokolow, David Dorfman, Ronald K. Brown, the Urban Bush Women and her study of the Brazilian martial art capoiera. Boogie is currently on faculty at Columbia College Chicago, the Joel Hall Dance Center and the Old Town School of Folk Music. More Bios: Marinieves Alba | Ang 13 | Shaheen Ariefidien | Max Benitez | James Bernard | Toni Blackman | Triple Blak | Jeff Chang | Kevin Coval | Jonzi D | Mos Def | Martha Diaz | Jessica Green | James "Casper" Jankowiak | Talib Kweli | Bakari Kitwana | M1 | Boogie McClarin | Ivor Miller | Marcyliena Morgan | David Muhammad | Yunus Rafiq | Dr. Raquel Z. Rivera | Livio Sansone | Clyde Valentine | Cristina Verán | Zephyr