Evelyn Ebo began taking classes at the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts when she was just four years old. By 16, she was dancing professionally, touring with the legendary Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!). Ebo’s career has taken her all over the world, touring abroad with a production of The Wiz, performing in Broadway’s production of Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens , dancing for companies and acting in TV shows.

The work was physically demanding and it could be an emotional whirlwind — going to auditions, facing rejection, getting a call that she got a part when she thought she had performed poorly. “You get a lot of no s. You get lots of rejection in this game,” she says. “There are going to be times where you fall out of a turn, but you know what? You have an opportunity t

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