Burlington High School senior Medine Nifasha, has been dancing all her life. What started as a fun activity with friends, became a popular YouTube channel and eventually, a student-led, hip-hop Dance Team with lots of fans. Medine is the captain and choreographer for the group which she co-founded in 2016 with Zanevia Wilcox as an after school program. The young women practice every evening after classes. We caught up with them at a Monday night rehearsal and then followed them to a performance at a basketball game the following week. Although Medine graduates this year, the team will continue with her younger sister Diana and Bety Mayani as co-captains.

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Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received the Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy from the Vermont Arts Council in 2023. This map details her travels around the state; her 500th video was a musical. New episodes appear on the Seven Days website every other Thursday...

3 replies on “Stuck in Vermont: Burlington High School’s Dance Team Brings the Crowd”

  1. I knew the first time I saw Medine dance in third grade that she would make her way in the dance world. That girl can dance.

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