Nemisis are a mixed male and female street dance crew based in Milton Keynes, founded by choreographer and lead dancer Ishe Chirimuuta in 2007. Other members include Ally Irwin, Emmanuel Alade and Tapfuma ‘T’ Minya.
The group had their first success at the 2007 Idance UK Championships where they won gold in the adult division, being the highest ranked and becoming the first dance crew to win the title based outside London. A fantastic achievement as it was their first public performance as Nemisis. Following this success they started to build their profile on the dance scene around the UK, including performances at prestigious events; Choreographers Ball and Dancers Delight.
Nemisis auditioned for prime time ITV show Britain’s Got Talent in October 2007, they stormed through the heats gaging a massive fan base and hence secured a place in the 2008 final. From this TV success they instantly became stars and from a 28 date arena tour with Britain’s Got Talent built their popularity and fan base even further.
Nemisis now perform internationally at commercial events. Since the live tour over 200 and for corporate giants including RBS, Proctar & Gamble, Pizza Hut, Land Rover and MTV. They also had a fantastic residency at Butlins climaxing in a performance in front of 4500 people in Minehead along side artists including N •Dubz, Austin Drage (X Factor) and Signature. To top it all off the self taught crew had the privilege to perform for the Royal School of Dance.
Ishe and the rest of the group continue to teach and hold workshops for ages ranging from 13 to adult. This is something they are passionate about and like to promote dance as great fun and fitness work out.
The whole crew are not only now professional dancers who create and perform choreography to various styles such as commercial hip•hop, lockin, poppin, house, krumpin and contemporary. They are also musically talented individual’s, Ally is a fantastic singer, Emmanuel both sings and plays the piano, while Ishe and T are always in the studio rapping and producing music. Future plans are to continue dancing however move gradually in to the music industry and all are currently in the studio writing and recording.
