Jakari Sherman

Jakari Sherman (director) is a passionate choreographer, ethnochore­ologist, and per­former whose experience extends over 20 years. Rooted in the African American tra­dition of stepping, his work pushes the boundaries of percussive dance using tech­nology, storytelling, and diverse musical scores. Sherman served as Step Afrika!’s artistic director for seven years. He directed Drumfolk, Green is the New Black, and Symphony in Step, among other productions. Sherman received an MA in ethnochoreology from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and is under­taking ground­breaking ethnographic work related to structural analysis, teaching meth­odologies and historical archiving of stepping in the US. Sherman has lectured on stepping throughout the world, in­clud­ing in Greece, Kazakhstan, the United Kingdom, and Belgium.