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Jones took a series regular role on a different show, so he was not available for the new season of “Step Up,” which was picked up by Starz in May 2020 after the show, formerly known as “Step Up: High Water,” was canceled at YouTube, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap. The cable channel said Tuesday that Petrice Jones, the actor who played the part when the show’s first two seasons aired on YouTube, will be replaced by Keiynan Lonsdale.
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Her official handles are: (Instagram), (Facebook), and Check out just how hard Kendra works to bring her visions to life in the clip below.įollow Glambergirlblog.Starz has recast the role of Tal Baker for its “Step Up” TV series. Keep up with all the projects Kendra has coming up by following her on social media. Most recently she can be spotted dancing in Chris Brown’s new music video for “Wobble Up.” speaks much volume.”Ĭoming up, Kendra is working on some projects she can’t yet mention, but is hoping for season 3 of the YouTube Originals series Step Up:High Water. Be yourself because all the best dancers move to LA to make it, but only a few are the ones really booking because it’s something about them that people want more of and that something is them.” Kendra added, “A lot of people come to LA and try to dance like their favorite dancer or people on IG, but really when they’re just being themselves and they’re doing something that sticks out. She also had some straightforward advice for aspiring dancers. Even having a small moment with her on stage where I’m literally right by her side was super cool.” Living in purpose and following your dreams is a true testament for Kendra. “It didn’t hit me until after I got off stage like wow, I really just danced for Beyoncè five years later after that winning that contest. It’s what I’ve been transitioning to doing.” The very person, Chris Grant, who convinced her to move to LA convinced her to audition for Beyoncè’s now iconic 2018 Beychella Coachella performance and she got it! “At the time I didn’t even audition to do Coachella because I had just finished season 1 of Step Up and I really just wanted to focus on acting.
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“She’s a little more outspoken than me, but it’s crazy now I am becoming Poppy, but in a good way,” the actress said about her character adding, “She’s helped me to be more confident in my real life to say what I want to say and not be afraid to say it.”ĭuring her dabble into acting, a full circle moment came that Kendra couldn’t pass working with Beyoncè, but on a much bigger scale. In 2017, Kendra landed her first acting role in the YouTube Originals series Step Up: High Water as Poppy Martinez. If you think dancing is all Mizz K.O has to offer think again. “While we’re working it doesn’t feel like that long which is cool because it’s always fun.”
From casting, choreographing, editing, and directing (all roles Kendra takes on), the final product always shows the hard work put in. Those crazy ideas turn into social media videos that she spends hours creating to get less than a minute clip. So it’s my practice to get all these crazy ideas out of my head.” I love creating, concepts, directing, and storytelling. My inspiration comes from knowing something as big as ‘Black Panther’ is just a huge moment for African-Americans and having Black Marvel movies so it was one of those things where I didn’t even plan on doing ‘Black Panther’ until the day of.
“A lot of the times I pull inspiration from music. Kendra’s “Us” inspired dance video received praise from the film’s star Lupita Nyong’o and film writer/director Jordan Peele.
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Her “Black Panther” dance video caught the attention of 750K viewers plus and gained her national attention with the video appearing on talk shows like Good Morning America and The Real. Kendra has since worked with big names like P Diddy, J Balvin, Paul McCartney, Neyo, and more, but her viral social media videos have really blown her name up not only in the dance community, but in pop culture. (We’ll get to her full circle moment in a bit) Grant was the one that convinced Kendra moving to LA to pursue dance was the right career move for her and off she went. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, OK, Kendra, who had no official dance training, got the opportunity of a lifetime that altered her future and sent her on the path to stardom.īack in 2013, Oyesanya won Pepsi’s “Dance for a Chance” and got to work with Beyoncè’s choreographer Chris Grant and meet Queen Bey herself. Those are just some of the words to describe Glambergirlblog’s May Artist Spotlight: Kendra “K.O.” Oyesanya.
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