The 28-year-old Broadway star has never forgotten where he came from, always coming home to the Midlands to teach the next generation of kids.
Williams is a prominent member of the Columbia dance and theater community, and his disappearance has led to an outpouring of concern.
“I knew immediately that he was gonna thrive, besides his amazing talents — hard-working talents — but also God-given talents,” Caroline Lewis-Jones said. “Again, he was born to do this.”
A dance teacher, dance mom and friend, Lewis-Jones remembers meeting 11-year-old Zelig when he came into her class at Southern Strutt Dance Studio.
“I immediately knew how special he was. He would just come to all the dance classes, and he would just show up, and I’d be like, ‘Zelle, you know that this isn’t your class,'” she said. “And he was like, ‘I know, but I’m here, so I want to take class.’ …