Donnetta "LilBit" Jackson

Performer/Instructor/Choreographer/Actress

Donnetta "LilBit" Jackson is a versatile dance performer, instructor, choreographer, and actress.  Born and raised on the Southeast Side of Chicago, IL, she began dancing at The Sammy Dyer School of the Theatre at the age of 7. At 11 years old, she became one of the original members of the prestigious M.A.D.D. Rhythms tap company, and later joined the Chicago Footwork crew, Creation Battle Clique / Creation Global.  She choreographs for and performs with Grammy award-winning artist, Chance the Rapper. One highlight of her career is performing alongside Missy Elliot at the 2019 VMAs for her Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award performance. Jackson, recently acknowledged as a sister with superpower for Rolling Out magazine, has also footworked internationally, for corporations like Nike and Jordan and has competed on Season 6 of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew with the Chicago FootworKINGz. Recently, Jackson appeared on the Fox/Hulu dance series, The Big Leap, as Tamra Smalls and was also one of the lead dancers in the Red Hot Chilli Peppers new video “The Drummer”!

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Photograph by Bianca Garcia