COMPANY

UBW COMPANY MEMBERS

COMPANY MEMBER

KENTORIA EARLE

Kentoria Earle was raised in Winter Haven, Florida and is the proud daughter of Kent Earle and Victoria Wilson. She graduated in 2019 from The Florida State University where she obtained her Master of Arts in Dance/ Studio Related Studies. Since graduating she has had the opportunity to work with choreographers/ companies such as Renegade Performance Group, Abigail Levine, Symara Sarai, Urban Bush Women as a 2022 New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellow, and is now a company member. Kentoria is a Brooklyn- based performing artist and collaborator who works to build an artistic process that looks at solo/improvisational practices as a way to tap into ancestry and lineage-based movement exploration. She believes these practices support and open up pathways for artists to be fully present for holistic & sustainable approaches to our healing, individually and collectively.

KEOLA JONES

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Keola Jones, born and raised in Richmond, VA, is a movement artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She began her dance journey at Pine Camp Cultural Arts Center and continued at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts. She is a ‘22 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Dance & Choreography. During her undergraduate studies, she was awarded Outstanding Performer, Emerging Leader, and the African American Studies’ Black History in the Making Award. Keola has worked with The Leah Glenn Dance Theatre, Christopher K. Morgan & Artists, Johnnie Cruise Mercer (TheREDprojectNYC), Dr. E. Gaynell Sherrod, and Trebien Pollard, among others. She served as adjunct professor at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. Through the Van Lier Fellowship, Keola apprenticed with Urban Bush Women and became a BOLD facilitator. She concluded her apprenticeship with Urban Bush Women in January ‘24 to join as a performing company member.

Cameron Jade Harris

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Cameron Jade Harris is a movement and choreographic artist, native to Richmond, Virginia. Cameron graduated from Howard University in 2024 with a B.F.A. in Dance. She performed under the choreographic direction of Hope Boykin in Moments by Hope, at the Chelsea Factory in 2022, Leornard Bernstein’s MASS, for the Kennedy Center’s 50th anniversary in 2022, The Other Side, presented at both the Kennedy Center and Brooklyn Academy of Music in the spring of 2022 and 2024, and Another Hope Story, presented at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in 2025. Cameron was honored to receive the Liz Cherry Jones Memorial Choreography Commission awarded in 2024. In April of 2025, Cameron’s choreography, Mama’s Chair was commissioned by Dallas Black: Encore!. From 2024 to 2025, Cameron acted as production stage management assistant for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This is Cameron’s first season with Urban Bush Women.

Sade Morgan

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Sade Morgan (She/Her) is a Dance Artist from St. Charles County, Maryland. She is a company member with Urban Bush Women in New York and Moore Contemporary Theatrics in Washington, D.C.—two ensembles committed to storytelling, innovation, and cultural truth-telling. Receiving her BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography with a minor in Diverse and Inclusive Representation in Arts Education from Towson University, she has trained with the Dance Institute of Washington’s ALLEGRO Program and MODAS Dance. Her freelance work spans Choreographic festivals, local productions, Samba, and cruise entertainment with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (GEM 16.0). Committed to navigating diverse spaces with intention and adaptability, she has performed with Deep Vision Dance Company, VT Dance, Air Dance Bernasconi, AllHailTheCreatives’ MANIFEST, Divine Dance Institute, and Compañía Medusa. As she evolves in her practice, Sade invests in her path as a fitness professional and Dance Activist, merging embodiment, empowerment, and social consciousness through the arts.

Mikaela Sinclair Brandon

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Mikaela Sinclair Brandon is a performing artist (SAG-AFTRA) based in New York. Her training includes Fordham University/The Ailey School, Hubbard Street Professional Training Program (HSPro), and Springboard Danse Montréal. She has performed with Life and Trust, Baye & Asa, Hélène Simoneau Danse, RudduR Dance, MATHETA Dance, and SAXYN Dance Works. She has worked with choreographers such as Stephanie Batten-Bland, Yusha-Marie Sorzano, Fernando Melo, Matthew Rushing, Amy Hall-Garner, Jennifer Archibald, Gregory Dolbashian, and Adam Barruch. Mikaela enjoys investigating the connection between mind and body, while gathering various tools and practices that support holistic wellbeing. This is her first season with UBW.


Amina KONATE

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Amina Konaté, from La Rochelle, France, began her dance training at the Conservatoire of Music and Dance of La Rochelle at the age of five. After graduating high school in 2019, she continued her studies at the Rudra Béjart School in Switzerland, where she performed works by Maurice Béjart, Julio Arozarena and Tancredo Tavares. Two years later, she moved to New York City to attend The Ailey School.

Since then, Amina has been performing with Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet, RudduRDance, CRDANCE, Accent Dance NYC and Ballet Nepantla. She has also danced with TORCH Dance Theatre, Felice Lesser Dance Theatre, Yaa!Samar Dance Theatre, Mason Lee Dance Theater, Borne Dance Company, as well as Philadanco 2 (D/2). Her repertoire includes works by Christopher Huggins, Jeroboam Bozeman, Djassi Dacosta Johnson, Kevin Iega Jeff, Will A. Ervin Jr., Pedro Ruiz and Ray Mercer.

Amina is also a certified Pilates instructor and teaches dance in Arts in Education programs.


Ashley Bromfield

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ASHLEY BROMFIELD, hailing from Kingston, Jamaica, is a Martha Graham Dance Company fellow and former Soloist of the NDTC Jamaica. She has performed choreographies by Martha Graham, Hope Boykin, Juliano Nunes, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Derick McKoy, Abarukas Dance, Miguel Miranda and Rex Nettleford, among others. Some of her notable commercial projects include a pilot dance series for Disney/National Geographic and music videos by the likes of Sean Paul. Whilst dedicated to her craft, she pursued a BBA in International Business, graduating Magna Cum Laude from FIU. As an interdisciplinary artist, her passion pursuits include poetry, choreographing, creative directing and community programming. She has even pioneered “Ballet Dancehall”, an experimental fusion of authentic dancehall and ballet. She is thrilled to be embarking on her first season with UBW!