Carlita V. Ector
- Actress
Carlita V. Ector is a Raleigh, North Carolina native and attended The
University of NC Greensboro; receiving a BFA in Dance Performance &
Choreography, K-12 Teaching License in Dance Education, and Spanish.
Professional credits include touring nationally with Chuck Davis and The African American Dance Ensemble, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, Chiku Awali African Dance Company, Christal Browns' INSPIRIT, and Shani Collins/Eternal Works. Carlita has apprenticed with Urban Bush Women and co-directs re: Verb Dance Company with Love Muwwakkil, formerly of UBW. Their choreography has been presented in NC, NYC and Seoul, South Korea.
Carlita has performed evening length works at the American Dance Festival (NC), Dance Africa (TX), Jacob's Pillow (MA), Dance Theatre Workshop (NY), Ailey Citigroup Theatre (NY), and Alliance Francais (Accra, Ghana). She returned to the states after almost 2 years in South Korea performing original musical theatre works with Gyeonggi Village Theatre Company, dancing with PAS Jazz Dance Company, and studying and performing West African dance in Ghana. Carlita recently performed as a lead singer for the Oxygen Network as a promo for "The GLEE Project" and is starring as Lil Inez/Dynamite in HAIRSPRAY!
Professional credits include touring nationally with Chuck Davis and The African American Dance Ensemble, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, Chiku Awali African Dance Company, Christal Browns' INSPIRIT, and Shani Collins/Eternal Works. Carlita has apprenticed with Urban Bush Women and co-directs re: Verb Dance Company with Love Muwwakkil, formerly of UBW. Their choreography has been presented in NC, NYC and Seoul, South Korea.
Carlita has performed evening length works at the American Dance Festival (NC), Dance Africa (TX), Jacob's Pillow (MA), Dance Theatre Workshop (NY), Ailey Citigroup Theatre (NY), and Alliance Francais (Accra, Ghana). She returned to the states after almost 2 years in South Korea performing original musical theatre works with Gyeonggi Village Theatre Company, dancing with PAS Jazz Dance Company, and studying and performing West African dance in Ghana. Carlita recently performed as a lead singer for the Oxygen Network as a promo for "The GLEE Project" and is starring as Lil Inez/Dynamite in HAIRSPRAY!