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Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

Princess Mhoon's groundbreaking work has garnered significant attention from press and media outlets worldwide.
Her innovative choreography and visionary leadership have been featured in numerous publications and highlighted on various platforms.

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Theatre Washington & HelenHayes for Outstanding Musicalfor BlackNativity

2015 Outstanding Choreography in a Musical

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UChicagoArts Blog

 

Princess: I was born in Chicago during the Black Arts movement in the 1970s. Both my parents were artists. They were founding members of Najwa Dance Corps and Muntu Dance Theatre, both of which are companies that are part of the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project. I have worked with five of the eight companies in the first cohort during my training or as a professional dancer, so my roots run deep in Chicago.

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Logan Center for the Arts appoints new strategic program manager for Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project

“Princess, a Chicago gem and powerhouse, is returning home! I am grateful the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project will be under Princess’s very capable leadership and excited to witness her mastery at work,” says Regina Perry-Carr, Artistic Director of Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago.

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New City Magazine 2024

I’ve always had to fight,” Bril Barrett, the director of M.A.D.D. Rhythms, said. “My identity as a Black man in America has never been separated from my identity as a tap dancer fighting to be recognized by the dance world.

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New York Times

 

Chicago Black Dance

Legacy Project

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Riveting Women

When you search for Princess Mhoon Dance Studio, you will be led to her magnificent web site and see dancers in motion dressed in colorful costumes, wearing expressions of sheer joy and deep concentration on their faces. You will read her impressive resume and wonder, “How did we get so lucky to have this national treasure teaching dance and giving back to her community right here in Montgomery County?

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The Chicago Crusader

The exhibition will include an activation on October 14, 2022 from 7–9pm at 150 N Riverside Plaza, including a liveperformance element, and an artist talkback with film creators Princess Mhoon and Nicole Clarke-Springer, moderated byEmily Hooper Lansana, Senior Director of Community Arts at the Logan Center.

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The Philly Tribune

 

Chicago Black Dance

Legacy Project

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Theatre Washington & HelenHayesNominee

2015 Outstanding Choreography in a Musical

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New City Magazine 2021

Princess Mhoon, the director of the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project

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New City Magazine 2022

 

In Chicago, Keeping the Heritage of Black Dance Moving An initiative started in 2019 helps to address funding disparities and offers a vision of Black dance as a form whose categories refuse to be static.

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New City Magazine 2023

Dancers in M.A.D.D. Rhythms, one of the 2023 groups, rehearsing for Ravinia. From left, William Wems, Caleb Jackson and Case Prime

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Leader Greater Washington 2021

Member Buzz - February 2021         

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Leadership Greater Washington 2021

 

Member Buzz - June 2021

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Leadership Greater Washington 2022

2022 LGW ANNUAL MEETING

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Incite international.

Ep 26: The Dance of Leadership with Princess Mhoon, Founder & Director, Princess Mhoon Dance Institute

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Leadership Incites

 

Princess Mhoon Cooper was nominated for the 2015 Helen Hayes Award for Best Choreography in a Musical!

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Leadership Greater Washington 2020

Next, leaders were joined by three incredible performer/facilitators from the DC-region who led interactive exercises and shared stories of what it is like to live and work as an artist in our region: Joseph Green, Founder, LMS Voice, Princess Mhoon ('16) Owner, Princess Mhoon Dance Institute and Naomi Jacobson, Actress/Coach

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Essence Magazine

Princess Mhoon Is Celebrating Chicago’s Black History Through Movement And Technology This Summer

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HelenHayesNominee

 

Princess Mhoon Cooper was nominated for the 2015 Helen Hayes Award for Best Choreography in a Musical!

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Huffington Post

This dance queen of the nation's capitol has choreographed performances for the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. She teaches at the Princess Mhoon Dance Institute in DC.

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Dance Magazine

Directed and Choreographed by Princess Mhoon Musical Direction by e’Marcus Harper-Short

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Broadway World 2

 

OCTFME recognizes Princess Mhoon as the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment DC Star

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Ebony Magazine

Princess Mhoon, who directed the project, tells EBONY, "Through this work, we perform, honor and commemorate the Black tradition in American dance.

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Broadway World 1

By Langston Hughes, directed and choreographed by Princess Mhoon, and music directed by E’Marcus Harper-Short.

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Broadway World 2

 

Event Co-chair Princess Mhoon of the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project

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Chicago Reader

 

In Motion: The Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project centers equity and opportunity while celebrating local artistry

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Latest Newsletter

Read More for our full Winter 2021 Newsletter featuring Princess & other History-Makers

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Reader's Choice

For 3 years in a row, Washington City Paper Readers voted PMDI "Best Dance Company"

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THROWBACK

White House Performance

A look back at when PMDI performed at The White House for First Lady Michelle Obama, and was featured in her book.

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