CoCo Clark

Rita “CoCo” Clark grew up in Sacramento , California where she studied under the direction of Dr. Linda Goodrich, protégé of Katherine Dunham, for four years at California State University of Sacramento and danced for various companies like The Sacramento Black Art of Dance, Flystyle Dance Force, The Sacramento Light Opera Association, and KSFM 102.5 Dance Team.  Rita also studied at The Ailey School in New York for a year and was a Dunham Dance demonstrator and substitute teacher at Debbie Allen Dance Academy during her years in Los Angeles , California .  The daughter of a jazz singer and musician she grew up as one of the “Young Professionals” under Linda Townsend while taking gymnastics, ballet, tap, voice, and musical theatre.  Her resume includes lead roles in musicals such as FAME, Once On This Island, and Little Shop of Horrors.   Currently, she dances for X-Faction Dance Company and will graduate from Howard University in May 2008 with a Bachelor or Arts Degree in Spanish.  Upon graduation, she hopes to continue her studies in Dance and Spanish abroad.