Eric Henderson is a self-taught dancer who credits the City of Memphis for giving him a career by providing excellent opportunities for training in creativity and performance at no cost. His early performance training began at age nine at school, as an actor at Memphis Children’s Theater, Memphis State University, and on a local kids tv program His professional entertainment career began when at the age of seventeen while attending Overton High School of the Creative and Performing Arts as a gymnastics major, he was hired to be a dancer/singer at Libertyland Theme Park in Memphis, TN. Eric then took all he had learned in three seasons at the park and parlayed it into becoming the first dancer and the first African-American to win what was at the time the largest amateur talent comtest in America, the prestigious Mid-South Fair Youth Talent Competition. The season after his win, Eric was hired to be the choreographer for Libertyland, a position he would hold off and on over the course of the next twenty years. A position that also included the use of his other creative talents as a director, writer, and costume designer. Eric’s next move would be to Nashville, TN and the nationally known theme park, Opryland, USA. His time at Opryland allowed him to continue to develop as a stage performer while also acquiring skills in front of the camera performing regularly on the park’s TV show, Opryland Onstage and numerous TV specials outside of the park. During his second season in which he was also choreographic assistant for the park, Eric was discovered and relocated to Los Angeles by the TV show Star Search. Although his time on the show was short-lived, Eric’s career as a dancer for major entertainment productions took off despite having newly arrived on the scene. It all began with being hired for a lead spot in Lionel Richie’s Pepsi Commercial. From there Eric filmed a pilot for a variety show with Toni Tenille, shot an international 7-Up commercial campaign, performed on the Grammy’s with Chaka Khan, Huey Lewis, and Kenny Loggins, appeared on the Academy Awards with Debbie Allen, and capped off his first year in LA dancing in Michael Jackson’s 3D movie for Disneyworld, Captain EO. From there he continued to work constantly, industrial shows for Anheuser Busch, NBC’s 60th Anniversary Special with Bob Hope and Michael J. Fox, a stint in Italy as a featured dancer on Italy’s most popular TV variety program, Serata D’onore. After his return to the U.S., Eric’s second year in LA would be topped with what would become his most significant and notable performance as Janet Jackson’s Leading Man in the video for her first number one pop hit “When I Think of You”. The video led directly to Eric be hired to dance with Diana Ross on The American Music Awards choreographed by Kenny Ortega. Which led to Eric appearing with Janet on the Grammy Awards. From there Eric went on to a slew of gigs working with Paula Abdul as a dancer and choreographic assistant including commercials, tv shows, the NAACP Image Awards, George Michael’s World Tour, and as the lead tumbler/dancer in the iconic African Wedding Dance from Eddie Murphy’s “Coming To America”. After taking time off to create his own highly successful kid’s dance company “The JAMM”, Eric returned to the professional arena with back to back to back appearances as a dancer for the Miss America Pageant and another set of back to back to back appearances dancing on the Academy Awards for choreographer Debbie Allen. Along the way to wrapping up a decade as one of the businesses most successful dancer, Eric worked on industrial campaigns for Asics, Nike, as the silhouette dancer in Janet’s “Love Will Never Do” video, gigs with legendary artist Tina Turner and Gladys Knight, several projects for Disney, as a choreographer for Taiwan’s number one pop star, and on several episodic TV shows including “In Living Color” and “Murder She Wrote”. In ’94 Eric left Los Angeles to begin what would be a twenty year journey to the creation of his own company, KU Worldwide Entertainment Properties – Creative Production 4 Performance Artists & Businesses. Along the way Eric taught and/or choreographed award winning numbers for almost every dance studio in his hometown area, did a second stint at Opryland, including dancing on the General  Jackson Showboat, at several Miss Tennessee Pageants, and on the CMA Awards with Dwight Yoakam, was an original Grizzly dancer for Memphis ’NBA team, studied business with jobs at Starbucks and H&R Block, became primary caregiver during his mom’s last years, taught modeling & acting for John Casablancas, was a fitness instructor for French Riviera Spa, and did a year and a half stint appearing regularly as the Dance Man on FOX13’s “Good Morning Memphis”. And now, utilizing everything he’s learned along the way, his simple mission through KU is to create entertainment that benefits, uplifts, and promotes the city of Memphis and its citizens.