Orville Hall (right)with Neila Ebanks (centre) and Shelly-Ann Maxwell doing judging duties in the first season of 'MiPhone Dancin' Dynamites'. - Nathaniel Stewart/Freelance Photographer

André Jebbinson, Staff Reporter

By now, everybody should know Orville Hall, the dynamic dreadlocked dancer, teacher and judge.

He has been a dancer for many years, but came to light in 2006 as a judge on the television competition series 'Dancin' Dynamites'.

Hall always knew he had a future in Jamaican dance, but he was not quite sure of the extent. It all began at Edith Dalton-James High, when Hall's skin caught afire with the sound of just about any "old pan". It became clear dancing was in his blood.

"Dancing (transports) me to a place where I can rationalise everything and put them in order. The true dancer must be able to tell a story," Hall said.

Having the burning desire to become a professional dancer, he enrolled at the EXED Community College in 1998. He had style and class and, not long after, the bigger heads at the college realised this and asked him to teach a course in Urban Contemporary Folk Dance (a fancier name for dancehall).

Pioneer

Being one of the pioneers of the dancehall programme at EXED, Hall helped to get the programme through various phases. It was first a performing arts society, then it was at the certificate and diploma level. EXED currently offers an Associate in arts dance programme.

Even though Hall is a versatile.