Program Books/INAS DASYLVA
A close up photo of artist Inas Dasylva, a young black man with thin dreads and a puka shell necklace.

INAS DASYLVA

Senegal

Inas was born in Dakar, Senegal and started street-dance when he was 13 years old. Six years later, he began to undertake the traditional Senegalese sabar dance in the company Séné afrique. In 2015, he joined the Alvin Ailey Dance Academy in Dakar, where he trained in contemporary dance, jazz, and capoeira for three years. In 2016, he trained in traditional and contemporary African dance at the École des Sables in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal. In 2018, Inas was selected to perform in Boy Breaking Glass, choreographed by Alessandra Seutin (Vocab Dance) for Sadler’s Wells in London.