Jalaiah Harmon
Media, Arts & Entertainment
Setting new trends
ATLANTA, GA
Despite her young age of 14, Jalaiah Harmon has sparked an important conversation about credit in arts. A dancer trained in hip-hop, ballet, lyrical, jazz and tap, the teenager shared an original dance she choreographed, the Renegade, in social media in 2019, not anticipating the reach of the dance’s influence. The sequence went viral and Harmon’s dance became a cultural phenomenon, though Harmon herself originally garnered no recognition.
Harmon took it upon herself to assert her role as the Renegade’s choreographer and did not stop until she achieved appropriate recognition. She ultimately got in touch with a reporter who ultimately wrote a profile of Harmon for the New York Times. Harmon has now not only earned the recognition she deserves for her choreography, but has also worked to shed light on an ongoing issue of Black creatives not receiving recognition for their culturally relevant content.
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Ellen Degeneres Show
NBA
Atlanta Falcons
New York Times