Sherrie Silver

Sherrie Silver
Born1994
Rwanda
NationalityBritish
OccupationChoreographer
Notable workThis Is America (2018 music video) choreography
AwardsMTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography (2018)
Websitewww.sherriesilver.com

Sherrie Silver is a Rwandan-born British choreographer who choreographed the music video for Childish Gambino's 2018 song This Is America. Her choreography won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography the same year.

Early life and education

Silver was born in 1994 to mother Florence Silver, one month after her father was killed in the Genocide against the Tutsi. Silver and her mother moved to London, England when she was aged five-years.[1] She attended a Stagecoach Theatre Arts school and co-founded the Children of Destiny dance group when she was aged 11-years, before performing for Rwandan President Paul Kagame.[1]

Silver studied business and marketing at university.[1]

Career

Silver choreographed the music video for Childish Gambino's song This Is America, which won the best choreography award at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards.[2] Silver also appeared in the music video for the song.[3]

Silver is a United Nation's International Fund for Agricultural Development youth advocate and met Pope Francis in 2019 as part of that role.[1]

In 2023, Silver gave a dance lesson to World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "This is Sherrie Silver: How the celebrity choreographer behind the Grammy-winning This Is America made the jump to charity – and meeting the Pope". The Globe and Mail. 2019-02-14. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  2. ^ Akande, Segun; Nurse, Earl (2018-07-18). "Sherrie Silver: The dancer behind Childish Gambino's 'This is America' video". CNN. Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  3. ^ Taylor, Trey (2018-05-08). "How choreographer Sherrie Silver made a masterpiece out of Donald Glover's "This Is America"". Interview Magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  4. ^ "WHO head learns to dance from MTV choreographer". BBC News. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.