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About Creator Debbie Allen
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Debbie Allen is one of the most respected, relevant and versatile talents in the entertainment industry. Internationally recognized as a director, choreographer, author, dancer and actor, Ms. Allen has won the Golden Globe, three Emmys and 10 NAACP Image Awards.

It’s impossible to be an artist and not do something that reflects the issues and examines possible solutions to problems affecting our lives every day.
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She is also a three-time Tony Award nominee and was named Artist in Residence at the Kennedy Center.

Internationally recognized as a director, choreographer, author, dancer and actor, Ms. Allen has won the Golden Globe, three Emmys and 10 NAACP Image Awards. She is also a three-time Tony Award nominee and was named Artist in Residence at the Kennedy Center.

Ms. Allen has directed and choreographed countless legendary stage, film and television performers, including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Will Smith, Mariah Carey, James Earl Jones, Sammy Davis Jr., Lena Horne, Viola Davis and Kerry Washington.

The Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA) has touched more than one million young people since its foundation in 2001. DADA is committed to using the power of dance, dialogue and performing arts to unleash the power of caring, creativity and passion among all young students who dare to make things better.

FREEZE FRAME represents the culmination of those efforts, distilling decades’ worth of experience into a production with the power that not only to move audiences in the moment, but moves them to embrace long-lasting and transformative change in their lives.