Nora Chipaumire Moves to Break Boundaries
It may seem like a stretch to go from being a lawyer to making one’s mark in the world as an acclaimed dancer, director, and choreographer, but that’s precisely what Nora Chipaumire has done.
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It may seem like a stretch to go from being a lawyer to making one’s mark in the world as an acclaimed dancer, director, and choreographer, but that’s precisely what Nora Chipaumire has done. Born in 1965 in what was then known as Umtali, Rhodesia (now Mutare, Zimbabwe), the award-winning multi-hyphenate was always interested in movement, but went to the University of Zimbabwe School of Law, where she received her degree in 1989, to “make her mom happy.”
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It may seem like a stretch to go from being a lawyer to making one’s mark in the world as an acclaimed dancer, director, and choreographer, but that’s precisely what Nora Chipaumire has done.
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