Jaelynn Ricks is a 9th grade student at New Orleans Center For Creative Arts (NOCCA). Her passion for performing was discovered at the age of 2. Since that time her love of the liberal and performing arts has expanded into musical theater where she express her passions in drama, dance and song. Jaelynn enjoys and has participates in a host of activities in school, church, and the community.
Jaelynn regularly performs with the Fierce on the Avenue Youth Choir at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church and New Orleans Citywide Youth Choir, under the direction of Tonya Boyd Cannon. Jaelynn has been dancing since the age of two with Art In Motion Dance Academy under the direction of Leslie Smith Walker where she has learned different art dance forms such as Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Tap, and Lyrical.
In addition to singing and dancing, Jaelynn has performed with Uptown Music Theatre, under the direction of Delfeayo Marsalis, for 8 years. They have participated in the Junior Theatre Festival for 8 years and have won Outstanding Performance for 7 years and Outstanding Ensemble for 1 year. During this time Jaelynn was selected to participate in the iTheatrics/Junior Theatre Festival Disney DVD Choreography Production in New York.
Musical Theatre Performances
Musical Theatre Competitions
Dance Training
Vocal Performances
Performance Training
Article in the New Orleans Times Picauyne where Jaelynn was able to perform with the Mardi Gras Indians:
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2014/06/washitaw_mardi_gras_indians_6.html
Data News Weekly Article where Jaelynn was on the cover for her role as Annie in Uptown Music Theatre's production of Annie, Jr.:
https://54e402b4c6ac9178a466-c0d3f852bbdc3a5862574dd502f774cd.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/data140802.pdf
Girls Scout Cookie Hall of Fame Article:
http://blog.nola.com/new_orleans/2013/05/new_orleans_girl_scouts_named.html
Image has been used all over the web. It's part of a series by Photographer Gus Bennett, Jr.
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