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born 1994
Sherrie Silver (born 1994) is a Rwandan-born British choreographer, dancer, actress and philanthropist who choreographed the music video for Childish Gambino's 2018 song This Is America. The choreography won the 2018 MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography, and the video went on to win Best Music Video at the 2019 Grammy Awards.
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If I can be part of a campaign that prevents it, I’m here.
We want the government and others to see that this work truly matters.
Dance is a career. Music is a real career.
I am inviting you to come together and stand on the right side of history by investing more in young rural people, and the communities where they live.
I'm able to put food on the table because of dance. I've been able to support thousands of young people around Africa because of dance.
One of the most essential, and difficult – parts of our mission is helping children learn to love and value themselve
Someone once told me that if I wanted to find a husband, I should spend less time in Rwanda because Rwandan men avoid me or are afraid of me.
Healing requires time, empathy, and consistent care
The progress we see makes every effort worthwhile
For me, dance is not just something I do for fun. It's my career, and it's my purpose.
My mom would always reassure me that I’m beautiful, so I decided, growing up, that I was going to stand firm in who I truly am.
The entertainment this year is very special. We’ve already started rehearsing.
I wanted to create this kind of space – having the opportunity to attend a theatre school called Stage Coach in London, as well as a performing arts academy.
Proud to have directed and provided the dancers for Rema’s Rwanda performance. Shout out to the Sherrie Silver Foundation adult dancers. Get ready for the boys.
We don’t have the right spaces.
I was inspired to start the Sherrie Silver Foundation because I wanted to invest in young dancers, singers, and talents in Rwanda.
We chose only a few children so that we can invest more effort in them and, by God’s grace, see lasting changes in their lives, and put them in a position to lift themselves out of poverty.
we want African youths not to have to feel that they need to leave their countries to find greener pastures elsewhere to make their artistic and entrepreneurial dreams come true.
It was nice to see that and of course, there are things to improve because many people didn’t even know what a gala was, but we succeeded in telling our story and highlighting the foundation.
A good father to our country.
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