Lamar Baylor
Camden, New Jersey
Lamar Baylor
Lamar began his dance training at Halriday Dance, Dance Sensations at New Jersey, Inc., and the Creative High School in Camden. He was a Bronze Medal winner in the 2003 NAACP-Act So Competition for Dance. Lamar has performed for such artists as Patti LaBelle, Ben Vereen, and Danny Glover. In spring of 2008 Lamar received his BFA in Jazz Performance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. He is a former principal dancer/assistant rehearsal director with Eleone Dance Theater under the direction of Shawn Lamere Williams. Lamar is the recipient of The Stella Moore and Choreography Award from UArts and received the first Alumni Award from the Creative Arts High School. In the past two years Lamar has been a performing guest artist for several local dance companies. In 2007 Lamar played the lead male role in the production of "My Brotha Marvin" [the Marvin Gaye story] directed by Zeola Gaye.
