Our Accomplishments

Since our 1996 inception, ESOTA and/or KECDE! have . . .

Performed at Disneyworld’s Epcot Center and Tommorowland, Six Flags Great Adventure, Kids Arts Week, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Brooklyn Academy of Music, City Hall, It’s Showtime at the Apollo, BET’s 106th and Park Halloween, BET’s New Year’s Countdown, VH1’s My Super Sweet Sixteen, the Multi Ethnic Podium Festival in Amsterdam – the Netherlands, TV2’s Good Morning Denmark, Legoland, Billund, and the Amistad Project.

Assisted students in gaining entry to specialized arts programs in New York City public schools, including but not limited to LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, Professional Performing Arts High School, Talent Unlimited, Mark Twain JHS for the Gifted and Talented, and the Frank Sinatra High School.

Assisted students in obtaining scholarships to such renowned dance institutions as Ballet Hispanico, Alvin Ailey, New York State Summer School of the Arts, the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, the Feld School of Ballet and the School of American Ballet.

Assisted students in gaining entry to arts programs at higher education institutions such as Juilliard, SUNY Purchase, George Mason University, Ailey/Fordham, University of Hartford, North Carolina School of the Arts, and Howard University

Taken students on tour to perform for students in Denmark, London, The West Indies, Amsterdam, Chicago, Buffalo, Las Vegas, Orlando, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C.

Partnered with Americans Promoting Study abroad to afford 29 students the opportunity travel to Beijing, China to study at the Beijing Dance Academy during spring break since 2013.

Represented Southeast, Queens at several national dance competitions including the acclaimed Starbound, Dance America, NY Dance Alliance and Hall of Fame, not only winning awards at each, but also special awards including BEST Choreography and Highest scoring production for our signature work STAND (commissioned by Former State Senator Malcolm A. Smith), the Dance Spirit Magazine Future Star Award, the Hall of Fame Showmanship Award and the NY Dance Alliance Award of Professionalism.

Worked with New York 1 News Anchor Cheryl Wills on various projects, including the promotional release of her children’s book The Emancipation of Grandpa Sandy Wills.

Produced 4 Little Girls: A Dance Film – A dance film that deepens the audiences' understanding of the American Civil Rights Movement by using the universal languages of photography, song and dance to depict stories from the past which has been screened at various film festivals and for audiences throughout the country.

Co-Produced Reform LIVE – is based on the "Letter from Birmingham City Jail", where he argues that he and his fellow demonstrators have a duty to fight for justice. The work uses tap dance as a vehicle to shed light on the racial disparities in the American criminal justice system encouraging others to advocate for legislation.