Acclaimed dancer and choreographer, Hope Boykin, is performing her piece En Masse with the Martha Graham Dance Company during A Century of Dance at The Soraya in Northridge, California. Her inclusion in the centennial tour places her among a select group of choreographers entrusted to honor Graham’s enduring legacy.
A North Carolina native, Boykin’s passion for dance began early. She earned three American Dance Festival Young Tuition scholarships before attending Howard University from 1990 to 1993, where she worked with choreographer Lloyd Whitmore and his New World Dance Company.
Her introduction to professional dance came when her mother took her to see the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Durham, North Carolina — a moment Boykin recalls as life-changing…