The Softest place on Earth

The world is an oyster, and Jada La Pearl is the precious treasure

 Legs. Hips. BODY. There’s less than 20,000 people that are professional dancers and among those numbers, 28.5% are female performers or choreographers. Seemingly meager, this female dominated profession has enough room for the girls with little more body to move across the stage than others. Across the internet, various sources citing the uncomfortable juxtaposition of the term “fat dancer”, the toxicity, and discrimination towards fat bodies in the industry. Just another flavor of fatphobicrhetoric attempting to overshadow the truth: anything you can do; a fat girl can do bigger and better. So why the focus on this minority? Why do “fat” dancers’ matter? 

 When you imagine a dancer that illustrates creativity, poise, energy, sensuality, and excitement to the art form women like Jada La’ Pearl is THAT dancer. Residing in the peachy state of Georgia, this body positive instructor not only is a living vessel of beauty in motion, but she also serves her community with her own entertainment platform, Lush Escapades Revue [@lushescapadesrevue] centering curvy, voluminous, flexible, and gravity defying performers. Jada has graced many stages across the country waking up the narrative and kicking the pendulum in her favor with her 6-inch platform pleasers and bouncy, coily hair that takes a life of its own.

Known for her interactive and immersive style of dance, if she points in your direction, you’ll need more than a height requirement for the ride of your life. With her inversion chair in hand, she’ll leave her audience in a frenzy and Instagram commenters questioning their sexuality.

 With so much talent, it’s no surprise how far her skills expand. In her spare time, she expresses her passions as a nail technician [IG: @pearllushtouchnails] in Gwinnett County. Representing quality, care, and satisfaction, her characteristics as an entrepreneur are fluidly related to her presence as a performer. It can be said wholeheartedly, there’s not a thing she can’t do. Let’s take a brief peek into the herstory of Jean Hill. 

A flamboyant, plus sized actress known for her iconic role in film, ‘Desperate Living’ (1977) she also was known to get quite explicit and as the kids say ‘spicy’ with her greeting card modeling during the holidays. With such rich and fascinating anecdotes, the consistent erasure and overlooking of these women is an over and understatement. 

Jada’s impact and visibility, like her counterparts, will always be far greater than their waistline. Inspiring thousands, encouraging all, every BODY matters, but size never will.  From the great Ms. Hill herself, “Bitch at the air, bitch at the trees but don’t bitch at us.”