The Ailey School

Zion Pradier, a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, is happy to be a part of Dallas Black Dance Theatre after graduating from The Certificate Program at The Ailey School in New York, New York. He received additional training from Dance Theatre of Harlem as a Merit Scholarship student, Complexions Contemporary Ballet Winter Intensive, and The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre as a scholarship student in the Collegiate Program. He has performed works such as "Revelations", and "Blues Suite" by Alvin Ailey and other works by Ulysses Dove, Matthew Rushing, Ray Mercer, and Arthur Mitchell. Zion joined Dallas Black Dance Theatre in 2016.