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From Pittsboro NC, Jabu first studied with JUBA award winner Gene Medler of the Chapel Hill Ballet School and is an 8 year member of the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE), one of the most renowned youth tap companies in the world. Jabu is a Jacob’s Pillow and YoungArts Foundation alum who has performed with a diverse group of companies, such as Caleb Teicher’s CT&Co. and Chloe Arnold’s Apartment 33. He was the first tap dancer to be accepted into the Berklee Global Jazz Institute Workshop at the Newport Jazz Festival and was included, under a nomination from Michelle Dorrance, in the December 2017 issue of DanceSpirit magazine as one of the dancers to look for in the next generation of tap. DanceSpirit magazine New York Times