When “Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes” first came across Debbie Allen’s desk for a potential partnership, both parties realized what a good fit they could be with their common intere…
’s desk for a potential partnership, both parties realized what a good fit they could be with their common interests.
The original action-adventure animated series follows Kiya, a seven-year-old African girl, whose passions in life are dancing and martial arts, which also become her superpowers. Set in the southern Africa-inspired Kimoja City, each 11-minute episode focuses on themes of community, empathy and unity and features African and Asian-lead characters.
When Allen isn’t working on “Grey’s Anatomy,” she’s leading her dance academy and middle school — both of which are based in Los Angeles. She offers a slew of programming aimed at educating kids in academics and the arts. Her academy’s “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” has become a popular holiday staple. Previously, Allen showcased the preparation process for the big show with members of her dance academy in Netflix’s “Dance Dreams” documentary in 2020.
Allen continued, saying of the partnership, “it’s really wonderful, because I think the show Kiya is going to be an inspirational show that will also help other shows get made. She is a black young kid who has powers. It’s all about dancing and martial arts. That’s a fun thing for us to be associated with.”“It’s never been anything overnight. It’s been hard work, but work that we love, and we will just keep doing while we can as long as we have breath.
“I started this without being a nonprofit, I became a nonprofit after six months. Berry Gordy was the first person that gave us a dime, which was in itself, a sign that we need to keep going right on his heels. For over 10 years, Wallis Annenberg has been the grassroots support of us being able to do lecture demonstrations, doing the ‘Hot Chocolate Nutcracker,’ doing everything,” she shared.
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