Black Ballerina brings traffic to a halt with photoshoot in NYC | ISSA KHARI PHOTOGRAPHY #shorts
Ballerina Kamala Saara McDaniels shows off her skills in SoHo, NYC during shoot with Vas Jones. You can check out more from this talented dancer on her Instagram ()
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Kamala loved moving her body naturally to the sound of all types of music. Her parents decided to enroll her in Modern and Hip-hop classes at 4 years old. Soon, at 8 years of age, Kamala started strict ballet training at the Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet. Competing and performing in competitions and yearly recitals/showings. After Kamala’s teacher, Yuri Grigoriev, passed away when she was only 15, Kamala started attending Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s summer intensives in New York. The years 2017 and 2018, Kamala was awarded 1st place at the end of the intensive and a full scholarship to train and perform for two weeks in Moscow, Russia.
Falling in love with New York City, Kamala left her family to live in New York being only 16 years young. She trained at Vassiliev Academ