Improve And Have Fun

The first Dancehall Queen on the podcast! Charm is an extremely talented, trophy-winning dancer and choreographer whom I’ve known for nearly two decades. Charm(real name Shari)is originally from Barbados and migrated to the U.S. with her mother at the age of 3. Mom was a ballroom dancer who would sew her own dresses for dance functions. During kindergarten, Shari wanted to take ballet classes. Her mother enrolled her and began Charm’s dance journey. Ballet training would continue until high school. She also joined the school band and made it to the nationals in her senior year 2005. At 16, she started getting into Dancehall. Watching music videos from Sean Paul inspired her to dig into the genre. Being raised in Brooklyn, it also helped that others in her age group were into this style. Charm’s mother started allowing her to go to parties at this time. This leads her to meet someone who would be her dance partner and friend for years to come. Kadi is a dancer who was already in the Brooklyn Dancehall scene by