STAR Summer Doll: Shamara ‘Inspire’ Spencer

Shamara Spencer is a professional dancer who works with a Manchester-based construction company in the accounts department. She is used to hopping from office to studio for commercial shoots, and then on set for music videos as a performer on projects for H.E.R., Buju Banton and Tommy Lee.

She also does choreography for the likes of Sean Paul, Protoje, Vybz Kartel, Afro B, Jada Kingdom and more. Her choreography featured in the music video for Shape Nice by Afro B, Vybz Kartel and Dre Skull was well received on a global scale.

This week, our camera zooms in on Shamara 'Inspire' Spencer.

What role does fashion and style play when putting together choreography?

I feel the most powerful in baggy clothing, because I love how my movement speaks to the fabric and allows it to create its own reactive shapes and movement. Hats make me feel mysterious. Sometimes if I'm finding it hard to connect to a song, I dress up in whatever outfit I think embodies the song, and it usually allows me to speed through the choreo process.

What's the craziest piece of clothing you have bought?

I have way too many items like that to just pick one. Still haven't worn some of them. Gowns, I would just purchase random gowns.

What's one place you'd like to travel for shopping?

Japan! I've never seen an unfashionable Japanese person. In college I was so intrigued by the way they put themselves together. It's one of the fashion capitals of the world.

What's your favourite game to play and why? French dominoes! I love anything that has a lot of rules and there's counting involved.