The Krump Studios; Dance in Abuja

There isn’t a week that goes by that we are not excited about bringing you fresh personalities to share stories of their small business that are sending out BIG STATEMENTS! This we hope will encourage more young people to start somewhere, great things start small.We love small businesses but more so we love people who are young and determined to make a difference in Nigeria. 

Dance is still very fresh in Nigeria; There are several dance companies like Spirit Of David GDC, Faith Bond, Fiber Art, Sons of Liberty, Space unlimited, DNMT, Society for the Performing Arts-SPAN (dance Department), Bailamos Dance company, Lovette’s BITS Dance Company, IMAGNETO, I-xtreme ……….. The list goes on and on.

Mima

We are glad that the dance is becoming an integral part of the entertainment industry in Nigeria and great dance television shows have brought the art to life.

Television shows such as; Malta Guinness Street dance, Celebrity Take 2, Maltina Dance All, Let’s Dance Nigeria…………… the list goes on.

Enough said about the thriving dance society; let’s meet one lady that is becoming a dynamo in this industry.

Meet Angulu Jemima, Talatu also known as Mima. She was born on the 23^rd of August 1983.

Mima’s hobbies are dancing, watching movies, researching and surfing the internet. This looks to me like someone else who made a career from a hobby! That’s awesome!

A little about Mima:

Hmm don’t know where to begin; Mima is the last child in her family and from Niger state. Her mom was Itsekiri so she is part from delta state too . she had this to tell us; I spent my younger years in Lagos and I studied Land surveying in Ahmadu Bello University. She is a very passionate and driven person, quite simple and she says she never seems to want what everyone wants; a great believer in hard work and an admirer of people with strength and creativity. 
She has danced virtually all her life.

                            

Mima please tell us what sparked up your interest in this business?

Passion! I am extremely passionate about dance and I grew up wishing I could study dance in my own country, Nigeria. My dreams were always about Nigeria not anywhere else and I didn’t have all the resources I needed to go abroad.When I was younger there wasn’t a single dance school here in the country and that made me sad and I had to seek more knowledge on my own. I started communicating with every dancer I could find outside the country, also reaching and connecting with dancers in Nigeria. As I found more people like me out there I wanted to give all the knowledge I found and keep searching for more. My driven nature led me to dream more about enabling people like me that wanted to dance professionally but had no means to.  At each stage of my life I kept on growing in experience and knowledge through teams I founded, information gathered and workshops attended, it just never stopped.

 

How did you start (start-up money/ investor?)

I started by looking for a place to teach what I knew and that lead my to collaboration where I got a space in return for share of profits made.From then on every amount gotten was used to grow from one stage to another (reinvested) until I got the opportunity to expand with the collaboration of another investor.

                           

What are the challenges you faced and facing?

The industry I operate in is still quite fresh so most of the challenges faced are in acquiring skilled employees and setting standard code of operations in this particular business for our environment and also in the areas of letting our viewers and consumers to appreciate the value of our services in the areas of pricing and technicalities (cost price of job execution). Other challenges faced Power Outage and the scarcity of resource materials and gear e.t.c

Do you teach/ offer trainings to people to get into this business as well?

Participants with guest instructors at Krump Studio dance workshop

I train and teach the people as I can through mentoring. We also have a dancers' training department at the studio for skill acquisition and we partner with certified instructors and dancers round the world to train dancers. It is my desire to aid the development of the dance industry here Nigeria;There are things are already in the pipeline to do so.

What is your unique selling point?

Our unique selling point is our creativity, flexibility and our excellence/quality delivery approach. This is necessary in the industry.

What advice do you have for people that will want to get on the train of your business?

For anyone that wants to go into my line of business I would say reach far and wide, Train in details, Know exactly what you want, be creative and set high standards; The industry is new and we’ve got a lot of what to do and we do not want to set a standard of mediocrity in the industry. .This is a very good place to be.

 

Krump Studio Corporate Fitness classes

Lastly anything in the plans or works:

There are a lot! We are kicking out our first production courtesy the theatre and entertainment of The Krump Dance Studio “Speaking feet and its bound to employ an average of 40 dancers regularly as well as create a different angle towards the entertainment industry in Nigeria through dance.We are also working on future expansion (More studios outlets) in the coming year.

We are passionate about job creation for dancers and creative content through dance for different purposes.

KRUMP STUDIO Address:

-2nd floor wing B,Arewa Specialist Hospital Jabi, opposite Jabi lake, Jabi,Abuja 
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