About Me
Jessie "Mira" Nahar is a Brooklyn native who has been dancing since the age of 8 and choreographing since the age of 13. Her dance training consists of Hip-Hop, Street Jazz funk, West African, Afro-Cuban, Salsa and Reggae. She has performed with various artists such as, Missy Elliot, Aliyah, Changing Faces, DLG, Rome, Milo and Veronica. Film credited as a featured Latin dancer in the film Woo, starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Tommy Davidson. She began teaching her first hip-hop dance classes at the age of 13 at her Hudde Main JHS in Brooklyn N.Y, where she found her passion to choreograph and perform in talent shows, annual recitals, benefit concerts and fund raising showcases. She has been teaching Hip-Hop for over ten years throughout New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, The Madison Boys' and Girls' Club, Dance Place Plus, Latin Fever Studios, Artistic Dance Motion, Beverley's Dance School, and Dance Sport. Has performed at Rock Steadys' Anniversary celebration, Broadway Dance Centers' Performance Outlet with critically acclaimed Amount Boyz, and the annual Passion of Dance venues. Throughout her career as a dancer/choreographer, she has tackled many other aspects of enriching her life such as graduating with a Bachelor's degree from Hunter College in Psychology, volunteering at several public schools mentoring the youth in dance education, interning at various record labels such as, Polygram Records, Mercury Records and Black Island Records. "It's not the quantity, but the quality of our walks in life...our breaths in life...our dances in life". Jessie continues to teach dance however, is pursuing her career as a professional performer.
