BAAKARI WILDER

BAAKARI WILDER is a young man who has had an astounding career. Savion Glover's replacement in the Broadway production of "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk," Baakari is a native Washingtonian and got his beginning right here in the D. C. Metro area. His dancing has delighted audiences at the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian, National Theater, Corcoran Gallery of Art's, Levin School of Music, Dance Place, and a list of regional musical theater performances. He studied tap under Savion Glover, Gregory Hines, Honi Coles, Cholly Atkins, Harold Nicholas, Lavaughn Robinson, and Maurice Hines. He has appeared in Honi Coles Memorial Tribute,"Jazz Tap,"Savion Glover & Friends," to name but a few. He has shown his versatility as an actor with performances at Folger's Shakespeare Theater and Bowie State University. Baakari has a list of television appearances to his credit, as a dancer (Jazz Central on BET, Savion Glover on BRAVO), an actor (Homicide on NBC), and guest (The Today Show, Rosie O'Donnell, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The 1996 and 1997 Tony Awards).