ZADA CHEEKS, PERFORMER
Currently in his 6th season with BAM!, Zada began his dance training at an early age and became a member of Especially Tap Chicago, and BAM!, before graduating from West Aurora High School. Since then, Zada has performed with companies such as: River North Chicago Dance Company, Chicago Dance Crash, Civic Ballet of Chicago, and Corpo Dance Company. He has toured nationally and internationally to Venezuela and China.
VITAL TAPTISTICS
- Known Aliases: Liquid Chocolate, The MADD Tapper, The Primo Ballerino
- Affiliations: The TapMen, BAM!, The Cartier Collective, Winifred Haun & Dancers
- Favorite Food: Dunkin Donuts Smokehouse Sausage Breakfast Sandwich
- Preferred Genre of Music: Old Nintendo Songs
- Guilty Pleasures: Video Games, Doing Laundry
- Favorite Quote: "Let's make biscuits! LET'S MAKE BISCUITS!" -Gir, Invader ZIM
"I like to put space and rests in my dancing. A rest is like a breath and as the tap dancer Ted Levy says, 'No breath, no LIFE.' "
- Zada Cheeks
