Abdur-Rahim Jackson

Abdur-Rahim was born in Philadelphia, PA. He began his dance and musical theater training at The New Freedom Theatre and later continued his training as a scholarship student at Philadanco, The Boston Ballet School and Dance Theatre of Harlem.

 

Abdur-Rahim received a Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts from The Juilliard School and performed as a Principal Dancer with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for a decade. He served as a Rehearsal Director for Rambert Dance Company in London, has taught master classes at Kansas City Ballet and the International Dance Association in Ravenna, Italy; was a Guest Teacher at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center and was Adjunct Professor at Marymount Manhattan College as well as Assistant Ballet Master at Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.

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Abdur-Rahim choreographed “Witness Uganda” a Documentary Musical in Los Angeles and “Soul Doctor” A Broadway Musical Tour in Jerusalem as part of the Israel Festival. He has created ballets for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (with Co-Choreographers: Matthew Rushing and Hope Boykin), Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Kansas City Ballet and Orlando Ballet. Abdur-Rahim choreographed sections of the Beyoncé "Crazy in Love" Super Bowl XLVII Halftime performance on CBS and Co-Choreographed the Beyoncé "Halo" music video.

 

He has directed fashion/dance shoots for PAPER Magazine and VIBE Magazine. Abdur-Rahim has also choreographed for Taylor Dayne, The Salt-N-Pepa Lane Bryant Campaign, Hair/Fashion Award Shows for JCPenney Salons, ULTA Beauty and Matrix (a division of L'Oréal) across the US and Mexico and Staud New York Fashion Week Show. 

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