{"id":1438,"date":"2017-04-29T17:28:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T17:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:30","slug":"fredrick-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/04\/29\/fredrick-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fredrick Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fredrick Davis<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Roxey Ballet Company<\/strong>
\nDance Theatre of Harlem<\/strong>
\nDallas Black Dance Theatre: Featured Artist<\/strong>
\nRoanoke Ballet Theatre: Guest Artist<\/strong>
\nGreensboro Ballet: Guest Artist<\/strong>
\nSan Antonio Metropolitan Ballet: Guest Artist<\/strong>
\nDissonance Dance Theatre: Guest Artist<\/strong>
\nBallet Tennessee: Principal Guest Artist<\/strong>
\nBallet Tucson: Principal Guest Artist<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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At age 11, Fredrick Davis\u2019 first exposure to dance changed his life. In 1998, he was encouraged to audition for the Department of Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Dance Alive program, offered in collaboration with Ballet Tennessee. Despite a turbulent personal life, he found inspiration and support from instructors at Ballet Tennessee, Center for Creative Arts, his church family, and a caring community. As a result of his determination and the support he received, he was invited to study at the prestigious Joffrey Ballet School. He attended summer intensives at American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, and North Carolina Dance Theatre. He danced with the Roxey Ballet Company in New Jersey and eventually Dance Theatre of Harlem. While at DTH, Davis danced in many roles including the male lead in New Bach<\/em>, the Pas de Deux from Act III of <\/span>Swan Lake<\/span><\/i>, in Robert Garland\u2019s <\/span>Return<\/span><\/i>, in George Balanchine\u2019s <\/span>Agon<\/span><\/i>, and Alvin Ailey’s <\/span>The Lark Ascending<\/span><\/i>. He performed <\/span>Agon<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>The Lark Ascending<\/span><\/i> with Dance Theatre of Harlem at Jacob’s Pillow Dance. After leaving the company in 2015, Davis participated in a Dance for America tour; was a featured artist with Dallas Black Dance Theatre; danced at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC; danced in the Donald McKayle Tribute in Irvine, California; and danced for the Indiana Ballet Theatre. As a freelance artist he has also performed with various ballet companies including Roanoke Ballet Theatre, Greensboro Ballet, San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet, and Dissonance Dance Theater. He is a principal guest artist at Ballet Tennessee and at Ballet Tucson. Davis returns to Chattanooga every summer as a guest artist in the Dance Alive program that first inspired his love of dance. He is featured in the film, <\/span>From the Streets to the Stage: The Journey of Fredrick Davis<\/span><\/i>. The documentary was created by Ann Cater of PBS and was filmed by the Emmy Award-winning crew from WTCI.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fredrick Davis, Streets to Stage Film (page no longer active)
\nFredrick Davis, Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

See also:<\/b><\/p>\n

Fredrick Davis, Out and About NYC<\/a>
\nDance Theatre of Harlem Comes Home, Gay City News<\/a><\/p>\n

Video links:<\/b><\/p>\n

From the Streets to the Stage: The Journey of Fredrick Davis, PBS<\/a>
\nFredrick Davis- Ballet Greatness<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media:<\/b><\/p>\n

Instagram @davisfredrick0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>
\nLinkedIn Fredrick Davis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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