Karida Griffith Walker grew up dancing in Portland, OR. After moving to New York and completing her business degree at New York University, Karida pursued her professional dance career. Her performing credits include the Radio City Rockettes, Cirque du Soleil, Dorrance Dance Tap Company and more. She has been a teacher at Broadway Dance Center in NYC, a professor for Tap Dance at Pace University. Karida has also developed a ground-breaking Online Tap Teacher Training Program for teachers around the world. 

Derrell Sekou Soumah Walker grew up in Portland, OR and began to study African Dance as a young adult. To deepen his knowledge, he traveled many times to Guinea, West Africa, to study both dance and drumming, and is now a rare artist who has achieved mastery in both dance and drum. For more than 10 years, Derrell Sekou has shared his passion for West African Dance & Drum as a teacher in Portland Public Schools, and with his own performing company, Sebe Kan.