Jillia Cato

  • Jillia  Cato
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Choreographer, Dancer
Principal country concerned : Column : Dance
Trinidad and Tobago


For the past 15 years, Jillia Cato has been arduously working at her dream to be successful in the performing and media arts and has not fallen short of her dream since then.



She Began her journey at the tender age of 11 at her secondary school, St George's College, delving in aerobics and after catching the eye of local hip-hop dance entrepreneur, Ian Levia, she began her official dance journey. From that initial push, she entered local and international hip-hop competitions and amidst that began teaching numerous secondary schools hip-hop dance after school classes.



While pursuing her first Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, she began dancing with the dance company ElleNYTT. At the end of her first degree she transitioned out of ElleNYTT and the HD Family joining Kes the Band and concurrently doing her second degree – Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Performing Arts, specializing in dance but practicing music, acting and theatre design as well.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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