{"id":19719,"date":"2024-07-16T22:55:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T22:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=19719"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:19","slug":"babatunji-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/babatunji-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Babatunji Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Babatunji Johnson<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2><b>Alonzo King LINES Ballet (2013-present)<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/linesballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Babatunji-_-Alonzo-King-LINES-Ballet-_-%E2%94%AC%E2%8C%90-RJ-Muna-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"BABATUNJI \u2014 Alonzo King LINES Ballet\" width=\"261\" height=\"261\" \/>Babatunji was born in Portland, Oregon but raised on the Big Island of Hawaii. He received his formal dance training from Center Stage Dance Studio and the University of Hawaii in Hilo before moving to San Francisco to train at the\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/linesballet.org\/dance-education\/training-program\/\">LINES Ballet Training Program<\/a>\u00a0on full scholarship. Babatunji has performed works by diverse choreographers such as\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.linesballet.org\/2022\/05\/16\/sidra-bell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sidra Bell<\/a>, Amanda Miller,\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/linesballet.org\/person\/gregory-dawson\/\">Gregory Dawson<\/a>, and\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/linesballet.org\/person\/maurya-kerr\/\">Maurya Kerr<\/a>. He has performed overseas in Japan and China and danced with Philein\/ZiRu productions,\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/linesballet.org\/person\/maurya-kerr\/\">Maurya Kerr\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0tinypistol, and Dawson|Wallace Dance Project. Babatunji joined\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/linesballet.org\/lines-ballet-company\/\">LINES Ballet<\/a>\u00a0in 2013 and danced with the company for six years. Currently, he is a dancer with Post:Ballet and SFDanceworks in San Francisco. He rejoined\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/linesballet.org\/lines-ballet-company\/\">LINES Ballet<\/a>\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GAiFP7soAAk?si=q2XAJx6FpN1fjosx\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<b>Sources:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linesballet.org\/person\/babatunji\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babatunji, Alonzo King LINES Ballet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemagazine.com\/babatunji-johnson\/#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Making New Movement With Dancer and Choreographer Babatunji Johnson, Dance Magazine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/datebook.sfchronicle.com\/dance\/babatunji-johnson-oakland-flower-18348359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How an Oakland-based dancer went from krumping to ballet and now the big screen, Datebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GAiFP7soAAk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babatunji Johnson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Apovw48CE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babatunji Johnson 2021 Performance | SFDFF<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YX5FLuF-_fk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babatunji Johnson in Oakland Flower Film<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/babatunji\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@babatunji<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Babatunji Johnson Alonzo King LINES Ballet (2013-present) Babatunji was born in Portland, Oregon but raised on the Big Island of Hawaii. 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