Jurne Smith

Jurne Smith is a Dance/Choreography and Performance Paradigm Executive Director. She uses her passion for Dance as a tool and platform to express and open up meaningful conversations around the history and necessity of Black women in society, and the overwhelming effect of activism on youth. She often works in collaboration with other local artists and scholars, and has partnered with Guilford County Schools to develop and promote curriculums around the untold stories of Black Americans. Smith takes her storytelling even further by using her voice to write and publish essays on current socio political topics. The summation of Jurne Smith’s projects is to uplift and educate others and her own community of the holistic reality of the presence of Black people in history and present day society.