Evelyn Tejeda is originally from the Dominican Republic, Tejeda is an award-winning choreographer and dancer, semi-finalist at Dominicanas Got Talent, a founding member of the Contemporary Dance National Company of the Dominican Republic. She has toured globally, won the Grand Prize of Dance Quisqueya, SoloCoreografico USA 2021, and 10 Sentidos 2024, and received a 2025 NJ State Arts Fellowship and Hi-Arts Critical Breaks Residency in NYC.

12:30pm JEDATAM Method (Hip Hop/Contemporary Fusion) - Saturday, September 6

JEDATAM explores a dynamic fusion of Contemporary, Popping, Waving, Breakdance, House, and everyday gestures, sometimes adding a Dominican twist through Dembow music. The technique emphasizes floor work, hits, waves, isolation, and intricate leg patterns. It is rooted in the lived, layered history of movement that Evelyn's body carries a personal archive shaped by culture, experience, and transformation. JEDATAM not only channels her story but also invites everybody to recognize and express their own movement narrative.