Biography

Chavva Smith received her dance training from the Chicago Academy for the Arts, Joel Hall Dance Center, Alvin Ailey School, Broadway Dance Center, and Jacobs Pillows. She performed with Techni_ Que Dance Company, Sweet Charity, Jazz Fusion, Michael Jackson, L.L CoolJ, L'Oreal, Geoffrey Beene, Zoot Suit and so much more.

After graduating with her BFA she relocated to Los Angeles and started working with Benedicte Skoyen at Santa Monica Dance Studio. She also taught at UCLA in the dance and musical theater department.

"Chavva is an exceptionally versatile, skilled and dedicated dancer, who honors the importance of the traditional tech­niques, her passion for movement and freedom of dance. Chavva 's visual language as a dancer and interpretation of dance are totally unique in it's character, she also is able to fuse this in her position as both a choreographer and teacher" – Stephan Reynolds.