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Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards was born on 16 January, 1976 in Englewood, Redcrest, CA, is an American actress. Discover Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

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Age 48 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 16 January 1976
Birthday 16 January
Birthplace Englewood, Redcrest, CA
Nationality United States

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1976

Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (born January 16, 1976, in Englewood, California) is an American tap dancer, choreographer, and instructor who has been called "the mastress of her generation."

1989

In 1989, the New York Times described her as part of a young generation who "have the certain something."

After graduating from high school, Sumbry-Edwards joined Lynn Dally's Jazz Tap Ensemble as a soloist.

Sumbry-Edwards also appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning Bring In Da'Noise, Bring In Da'Funk as the only female tap dancer, initially appearing dressed as a man.

She has toured extensively in the United States and abroad.

As an instructor, Sumbry-Edwards has taught on the International Tap Festival circuit including the New York City Tap Festival, the Los Angeles Tap Festival, the Campinas Tap Festival, for K-Broadway in Tokyo, and at the Broadway Dance Center in New York City.

She is currently on faculty in the dance department at Barnard College.

After her experience hearing responses to her role in Bring In Da'Noise, Bring In Da'Funk alongside male dancers, Sumbry-Edwards decided to think about new ways of teaching techniques of rhythm-tap for women, culminating in a Harlem Tap Studio course for Women in Heels described as "countering the downward-driving, piston-driven attack of traditional (male) rhythm-tapping styles with steps that were structured along more circuitous paths of attack."

Sumbry-Edwards was also a featured performer in Broadway's After Midnight for which she also won an Astaire Award for Best Performance.

1994

She also was the recipient of a dance fellowship in 1994 as well as the prestigious Princess Grace Statue Award in 2017.

1998

In 1998, she married fellow dancer Omar Edwards and opened a studio with him in Harlem; they have three children.

Sumbry-Edwards began tap dancing at the age of 3 under the instruction of Paul and Arlene Kennedy at the Universal Dance Theatre.

At age 8, she performed at the Tip Tap Festival in Rome.

At age 12, she made her Broadway debut in Black and Blue, alongside Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, Buster Brown, and Savion Glover.

2012

Sumbry-Edwards won a Bessie in 2012 for Outstanding Performer in Jason Samuels Smith's work "Chasing The Bird" performed at The Joyce Theater.