Dancers

Photo: Ravi Deepres

Michael-John Harper was born on the island of Jamaica in 1987, and moved to
Florida, USA at the age of eight. He was an avid Musical Theatre student in
high school where under the direction of Lori Sessions his dance talent was
uncovered. He pursued his passion for dance and began his training at Michael's Academy for the Performing Arts and after graduating high school in 2005, he attended New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida as a scholarship student and graduated
in 2009 with a BFA in dance. He then joined the Alvin Ailey II Junior Dance
Company in New York with appearances in Innsbruck, Austria and the United
States. His dance experience also includes creative residency at the
Palucca Schule in Dresden, Germany with focus on William Forsythe
improvisaton techniques; Scholarship student at the Alonzo King Lines Ballet in
San Francisco, California; and performances at the 2009 Contemporary Dance
Festival in New York with the Thang Dao Dance company.

Michael-John joined Wayne McGregor | Random Dance in 2010.