Celestina Aladekoba is an American

United States

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 dancer and choreographer. She is perhaps best known for appearing in R&B legend Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

's "Black Sweat

Black Sweat

"Black Sweat" is a song by Prince that was released as the second single from his 2006 album 3121. The music video to accompany the single was released on February 2, 2006. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.The song showcases...

" music video, and MTV

MTV

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's original dance themed reality television program DanceLife

DanceLife

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.

Celestina grew up in Nigeria

Nigeria

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 and Maryland

Maryland

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. She graduated from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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 at the age of 20. She is also well known for playing basketball and even winning the Miss California Jr. She danced her way from the background in videos for artists such as Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott

Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...

, Will Smith

Will Smith

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 and Usher

Usher (entertainer)

Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...

, to the only leading lady in Prince's popular "Black Sweat" video.

The participant of MTV's reality show, DanceLife, made many fans with a recent performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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, where the DanceLife cast were featured guests. Celestina's fancy footwork has garnered her comparisons to prominent choreographers such as Fatima Robinson

Fatima Robinson

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, Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

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 and Judith Jamison

Judith Jamison

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.

Celestina's signature dance move is the difficult "Matrix Move." The "Matrix Move" is done by firmly planting one's feet on the ground and leaning the body backward. Celestina has demonstrated the move on DanceLife. She has the ability to lean and balance with her body almost parallel

Parallel (geometry)

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 to the ground, and throw her arms behind her. Celestina also appeared on TV shows like That's So Raven

That's So Raven

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 and "The Game". She was recently in Robin Thicke

Robin Thicke

Robin Charles Thicke is an Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the moniker Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound. Robin Thicke has penned hits for popular artists such as...

's video "Magic

Magic (Robin Thicke song)

"Magic" is a song by American R&B singer Robin Thicke. The R&B jazz-inspired song was produced in 2008 for Robin Thicke's third studio album, Something Else. "Magic" is a R&B uptempo song, with its live instrumentation varied; including conga, horn, violin, and piano. The song's lyrics refer to a...

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