A native of Chicago, Illinois, Monaye Darke is an honor roll
student at an area high school and a contract winner of Model
Productions. Monaye has received training under the leadership
of Stacy Mathis at Murphy's Dance Studio (Albany, Georgia) in
ballet, jazz, and tap since 2000.  In
2004, she performed as a ballet dancer in a production of "Snow
White" for Ballet Theatre South. In the summer of 2005, she
attended Beverly Arts Center (Chicago, IL) and performed as
a dancer in "Once on this Island." At age twelve, Monaye was
challenged to expand her dance repertoire and began receiving
additional training at Fuzionz Dance Studio (Albany, Georgia)
in Hip Hop dance. Under the tutelage of  Roger
Howard and Sabree Johnson, Monaye developed rapidly. Since age
twelve, she has been the youngest member of the Fuzionz Competition
Team that consists principally of college students. This competition
team has traveled to throughout the U.S., competing as a group
and individually. In addition to Monaye receiving several group
achievements, she was a recipient of the 2006-2007 Dancers Rock
Star Award in Dallas, Texas and the 2009 Monsters of Hip Hop
Scholarship to travel to Hollywood, California.
Additionally, Monaye has traveled to attend workshops for supplementary
training in hip hop from renowned choreographers Napoleon and
Tabitha Dumo, Tony Testa, Rhapsody, Jamal Sims, and Dave Scott.
In June 2009, in addition to her local training in ballet, jazz,
and tap, Monaye attended a dance intensive workshop at Florida
State University (Tallahassee, Florida), where she was challenged
by Sheila Humphreys, Rebecca Lee, Lynda Davis, Tim Glenn, and
Tom Walsh to move beyond her previously defined range. |
