A Computer Science major at Barry University, and the current president of AIM, Mr. Hill is no stranger to dance performance. A native of New York City, It was at the age of 10 that Stephen had first received formal training in Broadway & Tap dance as a singer and dancer for the Boys Choir of Harlem. At the age of 11, Stephen Hill embarked on a nation wide tour with the Boys Choir of Harlem and His passion or performance would take him across the map, spanning through 45 states in US, Canada, and Japan. Since then, he's branched outside of his broadway and jazz techniques through his adolescent years, expanding himself as a well rounded dancer.
Stephen Hill's studies in dance include Jazz technique under Leslie Dockery and Niami Keyes, hip hop under Sule Thompson and Terrance Wright, exposure to contemporary dance by his mentor Walter Rutledge, and training in ballet & modern techniques include Graham, Limon, and Horton through Erin St. John. Stephen Hill has studied dance at The College of Staten Island as well as Barry University, and has been a patron at Dance New Amsterdam (DNA studios) and Broadway Dance Center in New York City.
Stephen Hill's credits as a choreographer with AIM begins with his first work called Boys, a festive Caribbean piece performed for the Haitian Intercultural Association (HICA) at Barry University. Since his first semester (spring 2010), Stephen has collaborated with previous AIM members to co-choreograph works featured in Barry University's spring 2010 recital Abstract and the fall 2010 dance recital Winter's Light. and created several Caribbean dances and Pop pieces for special events including Festival of Nations, Moonlight Madness, and Founder's Week. His Highlights includes casting, directing and choreographing AIM's Spring 2011 show entitled Room for Improvement: A journey of the human introspective through dance, and winning the "best event" award for AIM's contributions to Winter's light. Mr. Hill has created a total of 14 pieces exclusively for AIM in genres including Ballroom, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, Pop, & Caribbean.
