Daphne Lee
Dance Theatre of Harlem; Ailey II
Daphne Lee began her dance training at the Rahway Dance Theatre under the direction of Ms. Jay Skeete-Lee. She graduated with Honors from the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A in Dance Program and is a recipient of the Denise Jefferson Scholarship award. Ms. Lee received scholarships to Jacobs Pillow, Boston Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem and is a regional gold medal recipient in dance for the NAACP ACT-SO competition. Ms. Lee was also featured in the opening video for the Mrs. Carter World Tour for Beyoncé and was featured in a short film, “Life of An Actress” by director Paul Chau. Daphne performed works by Robert Battle, Benoit Swan- Pouffer and Amy Seiwart among others and was assistant choreographer to the musical “The Color Purple”. She has danced at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and was a cast member in the sixth season of Dance212′s online reality series. She was a former member of Ailey II, Zest Collective, Oakland Ballet Company, Lustig Dance Theatre and back up dancer for UK artist Sydney Jo Jackson. Daphne currently dances with Collage Dance Collective and Dance Theatre of Harlem.