Rujeko Dumbutshena

Rujeko Dumbutshena is an experienced university, college and high school dance instructor. Rujeko is currently on faculty at Sarah Lawrence College teaching the fundamental aesthetics of neo traditional African movement.

As a Zimbabwean artist living in America, Rujeko Dumbutshena has strived to bridge diversely different cultures and has successfully been a part of innovative works, taught workshops, and directed conferences to bring together students and audiences as witnesses and participants in the profundity of African art today.

Her Broadway experience as an original ensemble dancer in the hit musical FELA! perfectly arm her to represent African art in an even more impactful way. She aspires for the highest western institutional accolades, while standing rooted in the antiquity of her people.