Charm La’Donna Is The Black Woman Behind The Super Bowl’s Biggest Moments

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When Bad Bunny took over the Super Bowl LX halftime stage this year, delivering a fully Spanish performance in front of millions, the moment felt bigger than football.

Behind that movement was Charm La’Donna. The Compton-raised dancer and choreographer helped shape Bad Bunny’s 2026 halftime show, adding to a résumé that already includes Kendrick Lamar (2025), The Weeknd (2021), and Beyoncé’s 2024 Christmas Day “Beyoncé Bowl.”

Three Super Bowl halftime shows. One Black woman at the center of the choreography.

“I call myself a hybrid. I have trained in many different styles, art forms of dance, and I feel like all of the styles that I’ve been able to study are blended well and put out through me,” La’Donna previously told USA Today. “So I take my experiences, I look at the world, and I’m able to blend it in my body, and God allowed me to move and put it out.”

Her range is intentional. Raised in Compton, La’Donna trained in hip-hop, krumping, ballet, jazz, and modern before studying world arts and cultures at UCLA. At just 10 years old, she appeared in a music video choreographed by Fatima Robinson, who later became her mentor. That mentorship places La’Donna in a direct lineage of Black women who’ve shaped what the world sees on its biggest stages.

Last year, her work on Beyoncé’s “Beyoncé Bowl” earned her an Emmy nomination, making her one of only four Black women ever recognized in the choreography category — alongside Debbie Allen, Fatima Robinson, and Chloé Arnold.

“You’re talking to the little girl who used to choreograph in her room by herself, and now I see my work all over the world,” she told USA Today. “I’m so grateful and blessed to be able to work with amazing artists across the board. I feel like every project that I work on has some impact on me.”

From Compton studios to the Super Bowl stage, La’Donna is proof that Black women aren’t just executing the vision — they’re leading it.

And the biggest shows in the world are moving because of it.

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