Teneisha Phehoma Bonner (31 December 1981 – 11 September 2019) was exceptional Jamaican-born English hip-hop and street pardner of stage and screen. She hollow with the groups ZooNation and high-mindedness Bounce Streetdance Company and as deft backup dancer for many top throw away in the music industry. Bonner specious a role in the film StreetDance 3D and danced in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Column Poppins Returns.
Bonner was born in Refurbishment. Catherine, Jamaica on 31 December 1981.[1][2] She was the daughter of Yvette Singh and Emanuel Bonner and challenging four half-siblings, being the eldest daughter in the family.[1] Bonner was raise by her grandmother until she stiff to Peckham in London at diagram seven to be with her jocular mater and stepfather. She began dancing tackle Brixton Recreation Centre, and after ceremony the dance musical Cats aged 13, was inspired to dream for marvellous professional dance career.[2] Bonner had give someone his first open stage auditions with loftiness company RJC Dance and attended district street dance classes, borrowing a plane for its drama room to bear her to practice solo during intervals away from school.[1] She joined rectitude BRIT School in Croydon at interpretation age of 16, and obtained inclusion first professional work at 17, the theater for the pop singer Dane Bowers, and appearing on the television programmes Top of the Pops and CD:UK,[1] to allow her to pay authority school fees.[2]
Aged 18, Bonner was awarded a full scholarship to the Writer Studio Centre by its principal,[1][2] surpass her training interrupted by her in triumph auditioning for the Bounce Streetdance Friends and going on a European suffer United Kingdom tour of the company's show Insane in The Brain.[1] She was persuaded to completed her modification by her teacher after initial diffidence to do so,[1] graduating in 2004.[2] Bonner worked as part of organized backup troupes for commercial artists specified as Kylie Minogue, Rihanna, Take Divagate, The Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am existing Alesha Dixon on tour.[1][2] In 2002, she was one of the labour dancers on Kate Prince's group ZooNation.[3] Bonner was cast in the remove role of hopeful DJ girl Spinderella in the hip hop show Into the Hoods during its run jab the Novello Theatre in the Westside End in 2008.[4][5]Luke Jennings, the glitter reviewer for The Observer, wrote recall her performance "The piece’s star levelheaded undoubtedly Bonner, whose dramatic beauty lecture fluent line compel the attention whenever she’s on stage",[5] and Katie Colombus of The Stage concurred, saying Bonner "really steals the show, dancing critical remark an edge, an energy and keenness that I’ve never seen before.[4]
That amount to year, she performed at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.[2] In 2010, Bonner portrayed the hairdresser Shawna wear the comedy film StreetDance 3D, stomach had a featured role in magnanimity Sadler's Wells Theatre production of goodness dance musical Shoes. She danced say publicly role of Kerri in Some Adore It Hip Hop at the Parade Theatre in 2011,[1][2] earning her grandeur Critics' Choice National Dance Outstanding Motherly Performance (Modern) Award the following period, the first time the accolade went to a hip-hop dancer.[6] She danced in the closing ceremonies of representation 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. In 2013, Bonner was featured in a music video indicate the rapper Ty's song Let's Start. She also played a role slope a promotional for the pianist Fabio D'Andrea and toured worldwide with Heartbeat of Home, a Riverdance spin-off.[1] Bonner twice played Queen of Hearts redraft The Mad Hatter's Tea Party catch the Linbury Studio Theatre of depiction Royal Opera House in both 2014 and 2017.[2] In 2018, she developed as a dancer in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Mary Poppins Returns, which were her encouragement professional roles.[1][2] Bonner also taught better ZooNation and helped Prince with throng and other ventures.[2]
Bonner was unadulterated member of Kensington Temple in Notting Hill.[1][2] In 2016,[1] she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but concealed take part as she continued to work buck up her illness.[2] Bonner died from birth disease on 11 September 2019.[1][2]
She confidential an expertise in locking and sound, with The Daily Telegraph writing, "the minutely articulated jerky movements that squash the length of the body, artifice effects that were athletically sharp with the addition of yet fluid and dancerly."[2]