QUABA ERNEST

Quaba Venza Ernest is a St.Lucian-American, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He is an alumni of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Fiorello H. LaGuardia Arts High School, and SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance where he was selected as a recipient of an Adopt-A-Dancer Scholarship & The Thayer Fellowship in the Arts for Choreography/Dance. He began his career at Ballet BC in 2019, later working with Doug Varone and Dancers & Dual Rivet in 2021, and is currently working at the Metropolitan Opera & Sleep No More NYC. He has danced in works by Kimberly Bartosik, George Balanchine, Ronald K. Brown, Sidra Bell, Norbert De La Cruz lll, Sharon Eyal, Kayla Farish, Marjani Forte, Johan Inger, Loni Landon, Sidi Larbi, Ana Maria Lucaciu, Ohad Naharin, Staycee Pearl, Crystal Pite, Jerome Robbins, Ted Shawn, Cayetano Soto, Didy Veldman and Medhi Walerski. Quaba has presented work at the Arts On Site, Cinedanza Film Festival, Eastman Summer Intensive, Jamaica Dance Festival, Making Moves Dance Festival, New Century Dance Project, Purchase College, the 27th Quinzena de Dança de Almada – International Dance Festival, Rufus King Park, and Triskelion Arts. He has choreographed solos for Alonzo King Lines Summer Intensive, SUNY Purchase, and Fiorello H. Laguardia High School. As a teacher Quaba has taught contemporary/floorwork for classes for Juilliard, Juilliard Summer Intensive, Gibney, Peridance, Marymount College, Steps On Broadway and is an adjunct professor at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. He also has assisted Dual Rivet in staging a new work at Barnard/Columbia College.