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Vanessa Freedman

Artistic Director · Jawaahir Dance Company

Artistic Director at Jawaahir Dance Company. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$16K

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Reported as Artistic Director of Jawaahir Dance Company, based in Minneapolis, MN.
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Received $16K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Biography Web-sourced

Vanessa Freedman, known professionally as Vanessa of Cairo, serves as the Artistic Director of Jawaahir Dance Company, a role she has held since 2022. An international performer, instructor, and award-winning choreographer, she specializes in Egyptian dance and folklore.

Vanessa earned a BFA in Ballet from Texas Christian University and furthered her training in jazz and tap with Broadway legends like Ann Reinking, Gwen Verdon, and Gregory Hines. She spent 12 years residing in Egypt, where she owned a production company and regularly taught at the Nile Group Festival in Cairo, before returning to the U.S.

to lead Jawaahir Dance Company.

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Tenure here
2022–Present
Education
  • Texas Christian University · BFA in Ballet
  • Gregory Hines at The Broadway Theater Project. · training with Ann Reinking, Gwen Verdon

Affiliations

Organizations

Jawaahir Dance Company Artistic Director · $38K revenue · Minneapolis, MNpay $18K → $16KFiled FY2025, FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$16Kreported comp

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org