Del-York Creative Academy Partners Joy Womack Ballet Academy to Kickoff Dance Courses

Ugo Aliogo

Del-York Creative Academy (DCA)has announced its partnership with Joy Womack Ballet Academy.

The collaboration is a deliberate effort by the Academy to identify, educate, and empower Nigeria’s creative talents for global opportunities.

The Chief Executive Officer, Del-York Creative Academy, Dr. Linus Idahosa, revealed the academy’s commitment to developing the Creative Sector.

He remarked: “We as an Academy are very deliberate to ensure that we continue to expand the scope of our offerings to ensure that we reflect the different avenues of creativity. Del-York Creative Academy is renowned for excellence, and this partnership opens doors to new opportunities for self-discovery, creativity, and growth. Our goal is to foster a generation of individuals equipped with a lasting impact on the world through academic and artistic brilliance. We will continue to make such partnerships to ensure that we expand our knowledge base to a global level.”

In her remarks, Joy Womack, expressed excitement about the partnership and the opportunity it provides her to learn the traditional Nigerian dance and the possible expressions these can have in ballet.

According to her, “Dance is not just an art; it’s also a powerful vehicle for personal growth, creativity, and expression that transcends boundaries. We will work closely with the teachers and dance instructors as well as the students to empower them, bring them to time, and help them grow. Ballet education aims to instill discipline in the talents and prepare them to bring the vision of choreographers to life, regardless of the genre.”

The Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Global, Larisa Miller, stated that: “Globally, certain art forms are only accessible to certain socio-economic levels, and demography. The tragedy is that art is universal, it belongs to everyone. We should all have access to it.”

The event featured a captivating ballet performance that embodied the African and modern ballet fusion by a corps de ballet comprising the Leap of Dance Academy and the Above Ballet Company which featured a warm-up class coordinated by Joy Womack.

In attendance at the event, was also Ugo Obiayo, Esq., Guild of Nigerian Dance Practitioners, Lagos State Chapter, and Mr. Muyiwa Oshinaike, a dance and choreography veteran who praised the new partnership as a much-needed expression of our folklore in modern-day concepts.