Transformed through dance
Al-kabir was first introduced to dance at the age of five years old. Newark Public Schools had recently implemented dance education in three elementary schools and Al-kabir’s school, Speedway School was one of the three. Al-Kabir took dance class twice a week along with his classmates, but his natural gift of dance was apparent to his teachers and classmates. Al-kabir was a shy kindergarten student. He was a timid, yet had a natural physical gift for dance. He had a raw tale