Company Members

Senior Apprentice Company

Chloe Kimmelman-May, 12, is in Grade 7 at the International School of Kenya. Chloe has studied with DCK since its inception, and performed in the Nutcracker since 2016, as well as in Mother Goose, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Cinderella. At DCK she studies Intermediate Foundation Ballet, Pointe, Pas de Deux, and Contemporary dance. Chloe has also studied with Ballet West, Utah. She enjoys drawing, creative writing, singing, and sewing.

Zahra Darker, 11, started dancing at the age of 1 1/2 despite being unable to hop and leap, let alone plié and pirouette! Since then, dancing has become one of her biggest passions and she now takes multiple classes. She has performed in all of DCK’s Nutcrackers and other shows and will be dancing as a Snowflake and Russian in the 2022 Nutcracker.

Natalia Como, 12, is passionate about ballet and hopes to pursue to a professional level. She takes Intermediate Ballet, Intermediate Pointe, Intermediate Foundation, Intermediate Pas de Deux and Gold Contemporary. Away from dance, Talia loves cooking, sports and swimming.

Francis Kibe, 14, started dancing ballet in 2019 and attends 7th grade at West Nairobi School. He takes Intermediate and Advanced Foundation ballet, Contemporary, Hip hop, Pas de Deux and Gymnastics. He has danced the roles of Chinese Tea, Louisa’s Beau, Party Boy and Angel in The Nutcracker.

Benji Mudondo, 13, is in Intermediate ballet and also takes hip hop, Gymnastics, pad de deux and Contemporary at DCK. He in 6th grade at West Nairobi School, where he is also a member of the swim team. Benji was featured on the poster for DCK’s 2018 production Mother Goose, where he played the “Little Dog” in Hey Diddle Diddle.

Davis Obama, 14, is a 7th grader at West Nairobi School and is on the soccer team. He started ballet in 2018 at Karen C and was selected to join Dance Centre Kenya, receiving a gold level scholarship that same year. One of his most memorable parts was dancing a Montague Child in DCK’s 2020 production of Romeo and Juliet.

Ephraim Kimani, 14, is a 7th grade student at West Nairobi School and gold sponsorship recipient at Dance Centre Kenya. In addition to his love of dance, Ephraim enjoys playing soccer on the school team, creating art, and playing flute. The 2021 Nutcracker was his first, and he danced the roles of Chef and Cadet.

Mercelyno Wafula, 13, is a 6th grade student at West Nairobi School. Having passed Grade 3, 4, 5, and Intermediate Foundation ballet exams, he will now sit the Intermediate exam in March of next year. He has been dancing since 2018 and has performed in DCK productions of Mother Goose, Romeo and Juliet and The Nutcracker. In the 2021 Nutcracker, he danced the part of Fritz.