DINA WRIGHT JOSEPH

Dina Wright Joseph is the proud recipient of the FON Artistic Acheivement Award and has graced the cover of Heart and Soul magazine, and Instyle magazine’s featured article entitled Dina Wright: A Force of Nature. Dina’s television credits include PBS’ “Free to Dance”,VH1’s “Divas Live” with Aretha Franklin and as co-choreographer of VH1’s “Hip Hop Honors”tribute to Afrika Bambattaa and the Smithsonian Museum’s multi-media instillation “Black Dance in the 20th Century”. Along with being a founding member of Purelements: An Evolution in Dance, Dina also performs with Forces of Nature and Asase Yaa African American Dance Theater.   As a dance educator, Dina serves a guest lecturer for Lehman College’s City and Humanities Dept and served two years as a lead teacher for NYCDOE’s Summer Arts Intensive hosted by Stuyvesant High School.