Ji Hae Yepa-Pappan

Ji Hae Yepa-Pappan is a Chicago based dancer with a BFA in Dance from Western Michigan University, and training from Chicago Ballet Arts, and the Chicago High School for the Arts. While at WMU she was a member of Ebony Vision Dance Ensemble, and Western Dance Project under the direction of Kelsey Paschich. She performed works by Seyong Kim, Kelsey Paschich, Jonathan Jackson, Kiki Lucas, Jared Baker, and other students. Ji Hae has also worked with Chicago DanceMakers Forum, Ballet Kalamazoo, Music House Chicago, Ginger Farley, Shawn Lent, and artist Marie Watt. She is currently a member of the inaugural Cerqua Rivera Dance Theater II, and Alluvion Dance Chicago, as well as a staff member with Center for Native Futures.