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Zelma Badu-Younge, one of the most charismatic cultural
fusion artists, captivates her audience as she steps on stage. This
mesmerizing performer is considered one of the most electrifying
choreographers in Canada; with her high-energy synthesis of West
African traditions combined with other world dance forms. Dr. Badu-Younge
danced with Philadanco - The Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadelphia,
PA), and the Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company (New York);
and has shared the stage with many national and international dance
artists and groups including: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company,
Garth Fagan Dance, Assane Konte of Kankouran West African Dance
Company, Helen Mensah of the Ghana Dance Ensemble, Margie Gillis
(internationally acclaimed solo dance artist), I Ketut Rina (Indonesian
dancer), and Michelle Robinson (Chicago - Broadway).
She has also performed with national and international
performing artists and groups such as: Riosamba (Germany),
The State Dance Ensemble (Sri Lanka), Nanta – “Cookin” (South
Korea), Olodum (Brazil), De Jimbe (Afro-Irish Group - Ireland) Groupe "DJEMBE
RYTHM" (Senegal), PACE (Denmark), Barenaked Ladies (Canada), Rufus
Bonds Jr. (The Lion King - Broadway), Halim El-dabh (composer
for Martha Graham), Bob Becker of Nexus (Canada), Ju
Percussion (Taiwan), Percussion
Ensemble Chung Ang (South Korea), Cie Cameleon (France),
Abbos Group (Uzbekistan), Satriya Budaya (Indonesia),
Akin Euba (USA), Choi Jong
Sil (South Korea), Thomas Lang (USA), Tomohiro Yahiro
(Japan), Dudu Tucci (Germany/Brazil), Tony Royster Jr.
(USA), and others from Sweden,
Italy, Cuba, Costa Rica, Spain, Argentina, Portugal,
South Africa, Poland, Slovenia, Uruguay, and China.
A professional dance artist and teacher, holding a PhD
(Deans List) in Culture and Values in Education (McGill
University), an MFA in Dance Ethnology (York University),
and a B.F.A. in Contemporary
Dance and Choreography (Concordia University), received
some the finest training in Canada, the United States,
and Ghana: The National Ballet
School of Canada, l' Academie des Grands Ballet Canadiens,
Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Alvin Ailey American Dance
Center and University of Ghana's
School of Performing Arts. Both her M.F.A. “Atsiagbekor: Documentation
of an Ewe Dance Form” and Ph.D. “Ewe Culture as Expressed
in Ghana West Africa Through Adzogbo Dance Ceremony: A Foundation for
the Development of Interactive Multimedia Educational Material” research
took her to West Africa, where she studied the Music
and Dances of Ghana. While in Ghana, she taught Contemporary
Dance to its national dance
company, The Ghana Dance Ensemble.
Dr. Zelma Badu-Younge, an Assistant Professor of Dance offers pertinent
experience in teaching and coordinating in the areas of intercultural
and interdisciplinary performance, advising and supervising of creative
work at the university level, directing productions, participation in
public programming and outreach, and designing and developing sub-Saharan
African, African American, Asian, Caribbean, Latin and other world fine
arts curricula.
She is the Assistant Director of the Annual International
Summer Program in African Interdisciplinary Arts and
Founder/co- Artistic Director of the African Ensemble
at Ohio University; serves as Canadian
Heritage’s Artistic Assessor for The National Arts Training Contribution
Program (dances from Africa and the African Diaspora),
is a Specialist for Jury (African Contemporary Dance),
for the Canada Council for the
Arts (equivilant to NEA); and is a member of the OhioDance
Board of Trustees, where she is chairperson for Outreach
and Education.
Badu-Younge is also Dance Director and Choreographer
for, Azaguno, a multi-ethnic ensemble that focuses on research, preservation
and performance of African, African American, Caribbean and Latin American
Music and Dance Styles. Azaguno represented the United States at the
Opening Ceremony of the 2002 World Soccer Cup competition in Seoul, South
Korea.
In 2007, Dr. Zelma Badu-Younge co-directed (with Dr.
Paschal Yao Younge) Performing Africa! Visualizing Africa!! New Perspectives
in African Performing and Visual Arts: The First Biannual International
Conference for Performers, Visual Artists, Educators, Teachers and Scholars
held at Ohio University. The conference drew world-renowned keynote speakers
and special guests from, Princeton University, Yale University, Swarthmore
College, Lesley University, Temple University, and The Ghana Institute
for Music and Development. Presenting Scholars attended from 18 different
American states, three Canadian provinces, and from France, England,
South Africa, Nigeria, and Benin.
Prior to coming to Ohio University, she taught at Denison
University where she served as World Dance Visiting Professor and directed
two African Music and Dance Concerts; West Virginia University were she
taught Jazz and World Dance forms, and choreographed for and performed
with the West Virginia University African Ensemble; and at DeKalb School
of the Arts (High School) where she served as Dance Coordinator and taught
Modern and Jazz dance techniques, and directed the Repertory Company
(previously named Dekalb Center for the Performing Arts). Zelma has instructed,
lectured, performed, given workshops or choreographed throughout the
United States, Canada, as well as in Mexico, Taiwan, South Korea, China,
Italy, Germany and Ghana.
Dr. Zelma Badu-Younge is a recipient of the 2008, Ohio
Arts Council Individual Creativity Excellence Award
grant for choreography, and co-recipient of Ohio University,
College of Fine Arts "Arts
for Ohio" Award. She has also received several awards from the African,
and Caribbean Communities in Toronto; and from Government bodies for
her organization Makpoloo Dance Initiative, including the City of North
York, Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario
Arts Council, and the Ministry of Culture. In 1993, Zelma was honored
with a nomination for Outstanding Choreography by the Dora Mavor Moore Awards
(equivalent to the Tony Awards). She has also received a Laidlaw Foundation
Award, the Canada Council Arts Grant "B” Award (equivalent
to The National Endowment to the Arts) to create her
work Yaa Asantewa: A hybrid of dance, music, visual
art, and interactive multimedia computer
technology (1995); a Chalmers Award for choreography
(1997) as well as a the Canadian Year of Asia Pacific
(CYAP) grant to collaborate with
Classical Indian Dancer (Odissi-Style).
Future scheduled activities include performing and
conducting research in India, and Brazil, teaching
in Cambridge, England (annually); choreographing for
the National Dance Company of Ghana, (Ghana)
and Ballet Creole (Canada), presenting at the World
Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education in Australia;
Guest Speaking on African Dance
at Princeton University, and co-directing the concert “Mother Africa” and
Symposium, “Women in African Arts,” April 30-May 2, 2009;
and establishing the center for international performing and visual arts, “The
Badu-Merrick World Arts Institute” in Accra, Ghana.
Vitae
Educational Background:
2002 * McGill University - Ph.D. Degree - Education
Montréal, Québec Canada: Department of Integrated Studies
in Education
Dissertation Topic: Ewe Culture as Expressed in Ghana,
West Africa Through Adzogbo Dance Ceremony: A Foundation
For Development of Interactive Multimedia Educational Materials.
1997 * Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
- Ph.D. Student Montréal, Québec Canada: Programme d’études
et pratiques des arts,
Cours: Séminaire de recherche et de création: Méthodologie,
Français langue seconde, niveau intermédiaire
1992 * York University - M.F.A. Degree -- Dance Ethnology
Toronto, Ontario Canada: Department of Dance
Thesis Topic: Atsiagbekor: Documentation of an Ewe
Dance Form.
Video Documentation of an Ewe Traditional Dance From Ghana.1991 * University
of Ghana, Institute of African Studies
Legon, Ghana West Africa: School of Performing Arts
Certificate Program: Traditional Music and Dance
1989 * Concordia University - GRAD DIPL Sport Administration
Montréal, Québec Canada: School of Business
Courses: Organization Behaviour, Administration
1985 * Concordia University - B.F.A. Dance Choreography Montréal, Québec
Canada: The Department of Contemporary Dance
Course Focus: Choreography and Contemporary Dance
1980 – 1982 * York University- B.F.A. Honours Candidate
Toronto, Ontario Canada: Department of Dance
Course Focus: Modern Dance (Graham and Limon Techniques)
Ballet (Cecchetti and Vaganova Techniques)Professional Dance Training
2003 * Modern Dance Technique - Ohio University, Course Director: Kim N. Nofsinger
Athens, OH (Fall Quarter)
* Ballet Dance Technique – Department of Dance, Denison University, Course
Director: Robert Cole (2002- 2003)
* Ballet Dance Technique – College of Creative Arts, Dept. of Theatre & Dance,
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (2002- 2003)
1999 * Private Study: Traditional Ghanaian Dance and Music
University of Ghana, Institute of African Studies
Instruction: Senior Artists from the Ghana Dance Ensemble,
Legon, Ghana
1997 * Intensive Choreographic Training Program, Course Director: Elizabeth Langley,
Montreal, QU and Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, (July – September)
1995 * Private Study: Traditional Ghanaian Dance and Music
University of Ghana, Institute of African Studies
Instruction: Senior Artists from the Ghana Dance Ensemble,
Legon, Ghana
1990 * Music and Dances of Ghana, York University, Department of Dance - Course
Dirs. Abraham Adzenyah & Helen Mensah, Toronto, ON Canada (summer 1990)
1983-1985 * Ballet and Jazz Techniques, l’Academie de Ballet du Centre
Ville, Vaganova/Ballet-Jazz tech, Scholarship Recipient, Instructors: Anna Storoschuk & Eva
Von Gencsy, Montreal QU Canada
* Ballet-Jazz and Modern Technique, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal
Principal Instructor: Andre Lucas, Montreal, QU Canada
* Vaganova Technique, Academie De Ballet Sona Vartanian (S V)
Montreal, QU Principal Instructor: Madame Sona Vartanian
1982-1983 * The Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Ballet, Graham (Denise Jefferson,
Dunham and Horton techniques) Principal Instructors: Delores Brown, Denise Jefferson,
Joan Peters and Ana Marie Forsythe, New York, NY
* Ballet, Modern, Jazz and African Dance, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Principal
Instructor: Karl Shook, New York, NY (Summers 1982-1983)
1980 * Classical Ballet, Modern and Jazz Dance, Harkness School of Ballet, New
York, NY (Summer 1980)
1975-1977 * Classical Ballet and Modern Dance, L’Academie des Grands Ballets
Canadiens, Montreal, QU Canada
1971-1975 * Ballet, National Ballet School of Canada, Toronto, ON Canada Professional
Training Workshops
2008 * Traditional/Contemporary, Ghanaian Dance/Music, Ewe, Dagamba, Ga-Adangbe,
and Akan. Instructors: (June 15-July 7, 2008)
* Traditional Visual Arts – Advanced Batik (Ho) & Adinkra -- University
of Education, Winneba, Ghana (July 2008).
2007 * Korean Classical Dance – Chung -Ang Performance Group, Ohio University
(October 30, 2007)
*Traditional/Contemporary, Ghanaian Dance/Music, Ewe, Dagamba, Ga-Adangbe & Akan
(June 11-July 3, 2007)
* Traditional Visual Arts – Advanced Batik (Ho) & Adinkra -- University
of Education, Winneba, Ghana (July 2007)
* Modern Dance, Dance New Amsterdam -- Instructor: Nia Love, New York, NY (June
2007)
* Nanumba of Northern Ghana “Alangey” instructor: Habib Iddrisu Athens,
OH, Two weeks, (March & April 2007)
2006 * Traditional/Contemporary, Ghanaian Dance/Music, Ewe, Dagamba, Ga-Adangbe & Akan
(June 11-July 3, 2006)
* Traditional Visual Arts – Batik (Ho, Ghana) and Adinkra -- University
of Education, Winneba, Ghana (July 2006)
* Senegalese Dance Technique instructor – Assane Konte, Dir.: KanKouran
West African Dance Company (Washington, DC.) Ohio University, Athens, OH (1 week,
May 2006)
* Balinese Dance Tech., instructor - Dr. I Nyoman Sedana, Chair – Dept.
of Theatre, Indonesian Arts Institute, Bali, Indonesia. Ohio University, Athens,
OH (May 2006)
* Classical Indian dance technique (Kathak), instructor – Joanna De Souza.
Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (2 weeks, Jan 2006)
2005 * Traditional Ghanaian Dance/ Music, Ewe, Akan, Ga, Dagamba, & Dagarti
traditional villages, Ghana, (3 weeks, July-August)
* Traditional Ghanaian Visual Arts – Batik, Ewe traditional village, Ghana
(1 week – July)
* First Nation Dance (Woodland Cree), Circle & Snake dance Tech., – Ohio
University, School of Dance, Instructor – Oominah, White Dove Crow, White
Crow, Athens, OH (June 2005)
* Cote d’Ivoire Dance Technique. – Ohio University, School of Dance,
Instructors – Samba Diallo, Athens, OH, (2 weeks, May 2005)
* Classical Indian Dance Tech. (Kathak), instructor – Joanna De Souza.
Ohio University, Athens, OH (2 weeks, May 2005)
* Flamenco Dance Technique –– Ohio University, School of Dance, Instructor – Susana
Di Palma, Athens, OH (1 week, May 2005)
* Capoeira Dance/Martial Arts Technique Ohio University, School of Dance, Instructor – Dr.
Virginia Gorlinski, Athens, OH (May 2005)
* Egyptian Dance Technique – course director, Rihab Bagnole. Athens, OH
(2 sessions -- March, 2005)
* Trinidadian & Dunham Dance Technique, Ohio University, Instructor – Patrick
Parson, Athens, OH, (2 weeks, March –April 05)
2004 * Classical Indian Dance Workshop, Bharatanatyam technique Instructor --
D. Gunaseelan, Toronto, ON Canada (December)
* Spanish Dance Workshop, Flamenco Dance. Instructor – Lesya Starr, Toronto,
ON Canada (December)
* Azerbaijan Dance Workshop, Dervish-Sufism. Instructor -- Sashar Zarif, Toronto,
ON Canada (December)
* Mexican Dance Workshop, Yaqui deer dance of Sonora. Instructor -Norma Araiza,
Toronto, ON Canada (December)
* Mask Making Workshop, Completion of Level’s One and Two. Peau d’Ame,
Workshop Director -- Francis Dubois Torres. Montreal, QU Canada (Six- Six Hour
Private Sessions – December)
* Congolese Dance Technique, Cercle d'Expression Artistique Compagnie Nyata Nyata,
Course Director -- Odile Wanuke, School Director -- Zab Maboungou, Montreal,
QU Canada (2 Weeks – July)
* Traditional Ghanaian Dance - Ewe, Akan, Ga, Dagamba, & Dagarti traditional
villages, Ghana (3 weeks -- June-July)
* Moroccan/Egyptian Dance, Westmount Cultural Centre, Course Director - Maria
Garcia, Montreal, QU Canada (2 Wks –July)
* Balinese “Kecak” Rhythmic Chant – Cliff DeArment, Bali & Beyond
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (April)
* Latin Percussion – Rodrigo Chavez, Univ. of Toronto, Worlds of Music/Cassava
Latin Rhythms, TO, ON, Canada (December)
2003 * Dunham Technique, with Katherine Dunham – International Association
of Blacks in Dance, Washington, DC (January)
* Umfundalai Dance Technique, with Kariamu Welsh - International Association
of Blacks in Dance – Washington, DC (January)
* International Association of Blacks in Dance – Workshops with l’Antoinette
Stines (Caribbean Contemporary), Assane Konte (Guinea), Chuck Davis (African-American)
Washington, DC, (January)
1999-2002 * Traditional Ghanaian Dance - Ewe, Akan, Ga, Dangme, Nzema, Dagamba, & Dagarti
traditional villages (summers 99 -02)
2002 * Conjunto Folklorico National de Cuba, private lessons, Juan Garcia
Fernandez – General
Director, Havana, Cuba (Mar. 01 & Aug. ‘02)
1995 * Elizabeth Langley- Course Director, Choreographic Master Class, curator
Denise Fugiwara, Toronto, ON Canada (June)
1994 * African Dance with, Amaniyea Payne- International Association of Blacks
in Dance -- West African Dance, Philadelphia (January)
1993 * West African and Caribbean Dance techniques with, Amparo Santiago -- Workshop
Makpoloo Dance Initiative, Toronto, ON Canada (October)
1991 * Modern Dance technique with, Phylis Lamhut - Course Director, York University,
Toronto, ON Canada (January)
* Kathak - Classical North Indian Dance technique, with Deepti Gupta - Course
Director, York University, Toronto, ON Canada
1990 * Flamenco Dance Technique with, Maria Garcia - Course Director, York University,
Toronto, ON Canada
1989 * Japanese Buto Dance technique with Natsu Nikajima - Course Director, Concordia
University, Montreal, QU Canada
* Dunham Dance Technique with, Pearl Renalds - Course Director, Concordia University,
Montreal, QU Canada
* Senegalese and Guinea Dance Technique with, Su-Quan Diop - Course Director,
Montreal, QU Canada 1987 * Afro-Brazilian Dance technique with, Lorimil Machado –
Course Director, New York, NY
1983 * Jazz Dance technique with, Michael Peters - Course Director
New York, NY
* Advanced Tap Dance technique with, Maurice Hines - Course Director, New York,
NY
Teaching, Research and Performance Interests:
* African Dance and Music
* Performance Practices of Western and Non-western
Classical/Contemporary Dance Forms
* Intercultural and Multicultural Dance Education Curricula Development
* Creativity, Dialogue and Interaction in World Art Cultures: sub-Saharan Africa,
Black America and Asia
* African and Non-African Visual Arts, Design and Crafts
* Percussion Music from Africa and the African Diaspora
* Caribbean and African Canadian Gospel Singing
Professional Experience:
2008 * Assistant Professor of Dance, School of
Dance, Ohio University
* Assistant Director, Ohio University's Annual
Summer Course in African Culture Through the Arts in Ghana, lecturer,
dance instructor and choreographer (since
2005)
* Member of the OhioDance Board of Trustees (since 2005)
Chair of Education and Outreach Committees, Columbus, OH
* Faculty Committee Member, African Studies Advisory Board, Ohio University,
Athens, OH (since 2004)
* Founder/Co-Artistic Director, Ohio University African Ensemble, and Annual
Concerts: Producer, Choreographer, Instructor, Performer and Fundraiser and
including, Publicity, Outreach, and costumes, Athens, OH Athens, OH (since
2003)
* Dance Director and Choreographer, Azaguno, Inc. (since 2001)
2007 * Assistant Professor of Dance, School of Dance, Ohio University
* Assistant Director, Ohio University's Annual Summer Course in African Culture
Through the Arts in Ghana, lecturer, dance instructor and choreographer (since
2005)
* Assessor for -- Canadian Heritage Arts Policy Branch
National Arts Training Contribution Program for professional programs, Assessments
completed for:
1. Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata – Contemporary African (Congo) Dance
and Music (Montreal, QU)
2. Collective of Black Artists (COBA) – Traditional West African and
Caribbean Indigenous Dance, Music and Folklore (Toronto, ON)
3. Ballet Creole School of Performing Arts – African/Caribbean Contemporary
Dance (Toronto, ON)
* Member of the OhioDance Board of Trustees (since 2005) Outreach Committee,
Columbus, OH
* Faculty Committee Member, African Studies Advisory Board, Ohio University,
Athens, OH (since 2004)
* Founder/Co-Artistic Director, Ohio University African Ensemble, and Annual
Concerts: Producer, Choreographer, Instructor, Performer and Fundraiser and
including, Publicity, Outreach, and costumes, Athens, OH Athens, OH (since
2003)
* Dance Director and Choreographer, Azaguno, Inc. (since 2001)
2006 * Assistant Professor of Dance, School of Dance, Ohio University
* Assistant Director, Ohio University's Annual Summer Course in African Culture
Through the Arts in Ghana, lecturer, dance instructor and choreographer (since
2005)
* Member of the OhioDance Board of Trustees (since 2005) Outreach Committee,
Columbus, OH
* Faculty Committee Member, African Studies Advisory Board, Ohio University,
Athens, OH (since 2004)
* Founder/Co-Artistic Director, Ohio University African Ensemble, and Annual
Concerts: Producer, Choreographer, Instructor, Performer and Fundraiser and
including, Publicity, Outreach, and costumes, Athens, OH Athens, OH (since
2003)
* Dance Director and Choreographer, Azaguno, Inc. (since 2001)
* Artistic Director/Dance Instructor, African-Caribbean Dance Work Out, a Bud
Y Jam Production, Athens, OH
2005 * Assistant Professor of Dance, School of Dance, Ohio University
* On-site Program Assistant, West Virginia University Summer Program in African
Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
* Member of the OhioDance Board of Trustees (since 2005) Outreach Committee,
Columbus, OH
* Faculty Committee Member, African Studies Advisory Board, Ohio University,
Athens, OH (since 2004)
* Guest Professor of Dance, West Virginia University’s Annual Summer
Course in African Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
* Founder/Artistic Director, Ohio University African Ensemble, and Annual Concerts:
Producer, Choreographer, Instructor, Performer and Fundraiser and including,
Publicity, Outreach, and costumes, Athens, OH Athens, OH (since 2003)
* Dance Director and Choreographer, Azaguno, Inc. (since 2001)
*Directed and Performed with Ohio University African Ensemble in: Ohio University,
School of Dance’s “Homecoming” presentation, Shirley Wimmer
Dance Theatre, Athens, OH, January 13
2004 * Assistant Professor of Dance, School of Dance, Ohio University
* Founder/Artistic Director, Ohio University African Ensemble, and Annual Concerts:
Producer, Choreographer, Instructor, Performer and Fundraiser and including,
Publicity, Outreach, and costumes, Athens, OH Athens, OH (since 2003)
* On-site Program Assistant, West Virginia University Summer Program in African
Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
* Guest Professor/Choreographer, West Virginia University African Drum and
Dance Ensemble, Morgantown, WV (since 2000)
* Faculty Committee Member, African Studies Advisory Board, Ohio University,
Athens, OH (since 2004)
* Dance Director and Choreographer, Azaguno, Inc. (since 2001)
2003 * Assistant Professor of Dance, School of Dance, Ohio University
* Founder/Artistic Director, Ohio University African Ensemble, and Annual Concerts:
Producer, Choreographer, Instructor, Performer and Fundraiser and including,
Publicity, Outreach, and costumes, Athens, OH Athens, OH (since 2003)
* Dance Director and Choreographer, Azaguno, Inc. (since 2001)
* On-site Program Assistant, West Virginia University Summer Program in African
Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
* Guest Professor/Choreographer, West Virginia University African Drum and
Dance Ensemble, Morgantown, WV (since 2000)
* International External Examiner, Université du Québec à Montréal,
Département de danse / Programme de maîtrise (automne)
Sujet: La Danse Contemporaine africaine
2002 * Assistant Professor of Dance, Denison University, Department of Dance,
Visiting World Dance Professor, Granville, OH
* Adjunct Professor of Dance, College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University,
World/Western Dance Forms, Morgantown, WV
* Faculty Committee Member, Denison University Black Caucus
Granville, OH
* Visiting Artist in Residence, Ohio University, School of Dance Athens, OH
(1 week, January 2002)
* Dance Director and Choreographer, Azaguno, Inc. (since 2001)
* On-site Program Assistant, West Virginia University Summer Program in African
Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
* Guest Professor/Choreographer, West Virginia University African Drum and
Dance Ensemble, Morgantown, WV (since 2000)
* Visiting Professor and Artist in Residence, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford,
OH (fall 2001 and 2002)
2001 * Guest Professor/Choreographer, West Virginia University African Drum
and Dance Ensemble (since 2000), Morgantown, WV* Guest Professor, College of
Creative
Arts, Department of Theater, West Virginia University (6 weeks, spring) Morgantown,
WV
* On-site Program Assistant, West Virginia University Summer Program in African
Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
* Dance Director and Choreographer, Azaguno, Inc. (since 2001)
* Visiting Artist in Residence, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
(summer)
* Visiting Professor and Artist in Residence, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford,
OH (Fall 2001 and 2002)
2000 * Guest Professor/Choreographer, West Virginia University African Drum
and Dance Ensemble (since 2000)
* On-site Program Assistant, West Virginia University Summer Program in African
Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
1999 * Dance Coordinator/ Teacher (Modern/Jazz), DeKalb School of the
Arts (Performing & Visual
Arts H.S.) Atlanta, GA (full-time)
* Teaching Specialist, Department of Health, Physical Education & Dance,
Emory University, African Dance, Atlanta, GA (one-semester)
* On-site Program Assistant, West Virginia University Summer Program in African
Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
1998 * Director, Dance Repertory Company/Dance Teacher (Modern/Jazz), Dekalb
Center for the Performing Arts, Magnet Program (Avondale High School) Atlanta,
GA (full-time)
* Founder, Artistic Director/Producer/Administrator/
Fundraiser/Publicist/ Choreographer/Instructor/Dancer
Makpoloo Dance Initiative/Badu Dance Company, non-profit multicultural/intercultural
dance and music performance and service organization, Toronto, ON Canada (since
1994)
1997 * Adjunct Professor, Department of Dance, York University, Ghanaian Dance,
Toronto, ON Canada (since 1995)
* Adjunct Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, York University, Ghanaian
Rituals, Toronto, ON Canada (since 1995)
* Founder, Artistic Director/Producer/Administrator/
Fundraiser/Publicist/ Choreographer/Instructor/Dancer
Makpoloo Dance Initiative/Badu Dance Company, non-profit multicultural/intercultural
dance and music performance and service organization, Toronto, ON Canada (since
1994)
1996 * Adjunct Professor, Department of Dance, York University, Ghanaian Dance,
Toronto, ON Canada (since 1995)
* Adjunct Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, York University, Ghanaian
Rituals, Toronto, ON Canada (since 1995)
* Founder, Artistic Director/Producer/Administrator/
Fundraiser/Publicist/ Choreographer/Instructor/Dancer
Makpoloo Dance Initiative/Badu Dance Company, non-profit multicultural/intercultural
dance and music performance and service organization, Toronto, ON Canada (since
1994)
1995-1996 * Artists Leader, Ontario Arts Education Institute,
Special Program of Arts Educators -- Work Affiliations:
1.Royal Ontario Museum 2.The National Ballet of Canada 3. Canadian Opera Company
4.Stratford Shakespeare Festival 5.Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto/Stratford,
ON Canada
1995 * Adjunct Professor, Department of Dance, York University, Ghanaian Dance,
Toronto, ON Canada (since 1995)
* Adjunct Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, York University, Ghanaian
Rituals, Toronto, ON Canada (since 1995)
* Founder, Artistic Director/Producer/Administrator/
Fundraiser/Publicist/ Choreographer/Instructor/Dancer
Makpoloo Dance Initiative/Badu Dance Company, non-profit multicultural/intercultural
dance and music performance and service organization, Toronto, ON Canada (since
1994)
* Workshop Leader, Professional Development for Artists Engaged in Arts Education,
Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON Canada
* Visiting Artist-in-Residence, Metropolitan Toronto Board of African Dance/Drum,
Education, Toronto, ON Canada (since 1991)
* Visiting Artist-in-Residence, Markham Board of Education, African Dance/Drum,
Toronto, ON Canada (since 1991)
1994 * Founder, Artistic Director/Producer/Administrator/
Fundraiser/Publicist/ Choreographer/Instructor/Dancer
Makpoloo Dance Initiative/Badu Dance Company, non-profit multicultural/intercultural
dance and music performance and service organization, Toronto, ON Canada (since
1994)
1993 * Founder/Artistic Director/Instructor, Badu Dance Theatre, Inc. Professional
Dance School, African, Ballet, Modern, and Jazz forms Toronto, ON Canada (since
1992)
1992 * Founder/Artistic Director/Instructor, Badu Dance Theatre, Inc. Professional
Dance School, African, Ballet, Modern, and Jazz forms Toronto, ON Canada (since
1992)
* Artist Leader, “Artworks” African Dance, Harbourfront Centre,
Toronto, ON (summer 1992)
1991
* Artists-in-Residence, Committee for African-American Observances/DreamKeepers.
Children’s Arts Center, Georgetown, SC
*Teaching Assistant, Modern Dance (Afro-Modern), Department of Dance, York
University, Toronto, ON Canada (winter semester)
1990 * Teaching Assistant, Modern Dance (Afro-Modern), Department of Dance,
York University, Toronto, ON Canada (fall semester)
1987-1990 * Adjunct Professor, Modern Dance (Afro-Modern), Department of Contemporary
Dance, Concordia University, Montreal, QU Canada, (since 1987)
1986 * Artist-in-Residence, Choreography/Jazz Dance, Westtown School (private
school), Westtown, PA (1 semester)
* Dance/Recreation Teacher, Jazz Dance, Sleighton School, reform school for
delinquent youth ages 12-18, Glenolden, PA (1 semester)
1982-1983 * Artist-in-Residence, Choreography, Modern and African Dance technique
classes, Terpsy’s (Modern Dance Club) Teaneck High School, Teaneck,
NJ
Selected International Activities:
Awards
1997 * Chalmers Award For Training, Choreography,
Ontario Arts Council - $6,800.00, Toronto, ON Canada
* Canada’s Year of Asia Pacific, for Creation - duet Odissi (Classical
Indian) & Adowa (Ghanaian) $2,000.00
Toronto, ON Canada
1995 * Laidlaw Foundation, Grant For Creation, Yaa Asantewa - $3,000.00
Toronto, ON Canada
* Canada Council for the Arts, Canada Council Arts Grant “B”,
Choreography - Yaa Asantewa - $22,000.00
Ottawa, ON Canada
1995 * Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Arts Award
For: Makpoloo Dance Initiative Project Grant - $2,500.00.
Toronto, ON Canada
* City of North York, Arts Award, For: Makpoloo Dance Initiative Project
Grant - $4,500.00, North York, ON Canada
1994 * Ontario Arts Council, Dance Initiative Award,
For Makpoloo Dance Initiative - $8,000.00
Toronto, ON Canada
* Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Arts Award
For: Makpoloo Dance Initiative Project Grant. - $2,500.00
Toronto, ON Canada
* City of North York, Arts Award
For: Makpoloo Dance Initiative Project Grant - $4,500.00
North York, ON Canada
* Oman Ghana Award - Outstanding Performer, held at The Royal York Hotel,
Toronto, ON Canada, November 1994
* Performing Arts Awards - Outstanding Performer, Jamaican-Canadian Centre,
Toronto, ON Canada, August 1994
1993 * Toronto Arts Council - Grant to Composer,
For Marie-Joseph Angelique Project - $4,000.00
Toronto, ON, Canada
* Nomination for “Outstanding Choreography”, Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, Celebrating
the outstanding work in the theatre, dance and opera communities in the City
of Toronto) For: “Torgbewo Metrova” Toronto, ON Canada, May 1993
1992 * Reflections 92- Ministry of Culture and Communication, Grant for
Collective Journey Project - $500.00
Toronto, ON Canada
* Toronto Arts Council, Grant for Collective Journey
Dance Project- $2, 0000.00, Toronto, ON Canada
1989 * Jeunes volontaires (Young Volunteers) Quebec Project Grant,
Video Documentary: Women Artist Building Bridges,
Montreal, QU Canada Professional Activities
2008 * Directed (Dance) and Performed with Azaguno at the 28TH World Conference
of the International Society for Music Education (ISME 2008), Bologna,
Italy, July 20-25, 2008. Teatro Manzoni, July 23
*Assisted Presenter, Dr. Paschal Yao Younge, Dance Demonstration
Kpanlongo, at the 28TH World Conference of the International Society for
Music Education (ISME 2008), Bologna, Italy, July 20-25, 2008. Accademia
Belle Arti,
University of Bologna, July 21
*Assistant Directed and Lectured at the Ohio University's 3rd Summer International
Program in African Culture Through the Arts Music in Ghana, June 15--July
7
* Artistic Director, Acyfest International Festival in Ghana, with Featuring – The
Ghana Dance Ensemble, June 27-28
* Specialist for Jury – Dance Section, Canada Council for the Arts
(equivalent to the National Endowment for the Arts, USA), Ottawa, ON Canada,
February 15-17
2007 * Research Tour of Australia, Melbourne, Australia December 11-29
* International Artist-in-Residence, Children Dance Theatre, African Dance,
Levels: Elementary A/B (37 kids, ages 4-10), Senior Intermediate and Advanced
(31 kids,
ages 11-14), Driftwood Community Centre, Toronto, ON Canada, December 1
*Advisor For: Ontario Arts Council, Assessments written for
Companies: Ballet Creole, and Collective of Black Artists Toronto, ON Canada,
Fall 2007
* Visiting Assessor, Canadian Heritage Arts Policy Branch
National Arts Training Contribution Program for professional programs.
For:
Ballet Creole School of Performing Arts – African/Caribbean Contemporary
Dance, Toronto, ON Canada, November 21-23
* Visiting Assessor, Canadian Heritage Arts Policy Branch
National Arts Training Contribution Program for professional programs.
For:
Collective of Black Artists (COBA) – Traditional West African and Caribbean
Indigenous Dance, Music and Folklore, Toronto, ON Canada, November 19-20
* International Scholar Residency at Central Conservatory of Music. African
Dance, Beijing, China, Nov. 4-5
* Directed Dance and Performed with Central Conservatory of Music students
at “Africa
Meets Asia Conference”- World Music Days - 2nd International Symposium
on African and Chinese Music.
Co-organized by Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing & Centre for Intercultural
Musicology at Churchill College, Cambridge. Central Conservatory of Music,
Recital Hall, Beijing, China
1. Opening Ceremony Nov. 6 2. Closing Finale Concert, Nov. 9
* Presentation at Africa Meets Asia Conference”- World Music Days - 2nd
International Symposium on African and Chinese Music, Co-organized by Central
Conservatory of Music, Beijing & Centre for Intercultural Musicology
at Churchill College, Cambridge:
1. Dance Workshop: Kponlongo Nov. 9 2. Paper: “African Diasporic Dance
and Education Today: Global Perspectives” Nov. 8
* Visiting Assessor, Canadian Heritage Arts Policy Branch
National Arts Training Contribution Program for professional programs.
For:
Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata – Contemporary African (Congolese) Dance
and Music, Montreal, QU, Canada, October 26-28
* Directed Dance and performed with Percussion/Dance Ensemble Chung-Ang
at the Choi Jong Sil’s 50th Anniversary Concert, YEAKDANG, The National
Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts Seoul, South Korea, August
8
* International Scholar Residency, Chung-Ang University, South Korea, July
22 –August
1
* Directed Dance and performed with Azaguno and Chung-Ang University African
Ensemble at the 2nd Sacheon International Percussion Festival, Sacheon,
South Korea, August 2-6
* Assistant Directed and Lectured at the Ohio University's 2nd Summer International
Program in African Culture Through the Arts (Dance) in Ghana, June 11--July
2
* Artistic Director, Aza International Festival of the Arts in Ghana, Dzodze,
Ghana, June 23
* Conducted African Dance & Music Workshops at, Mdo: Centre for World Music & Dance,
Toronto, ON Canada, May 6-11
* Co-Director: International Conference: Performing Africa!! Visualizing
Africa!! Baker Center, Ohio University, April 18-21
* Master Class for International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference/Dance
Immersion Festival “Widening the Sphere” African Dance (Kpanlongo)
National Ballet of Canada, Toronto, ON Canada, January 18-21
* Solo Performance, African Dance (Atsiagbekor) International Association
of Blacks in Dance Conference/Dance Immersion Festival “Widening the Sphere” Performance
Presentation & Technique class. Premiere Dance Theatre & National
Ballet of Canada, Toronto, ON Canada, January 19
* African Dance Master Class, Ballet Creole, Company Class and Professional
Training Program, African Dance, Toronto, ON Canada January 17
2006 * Directed and performed with Azaguno at Hsin Chu International Folk
Drum Festival, Taiwan, ROC, December 14-25
* Directed Dance and performed with Azaguno at the 1st Sacheon International
Percussion Festival, August 2-6
* Assistant Director, and Lecturer at the Ohio University's 1st Summer
International Program in African Culture Through the Arts Music in Ghana,
June 11--July 2
* Performer, African Culture Through the Arts: “Fume Fume” Freedom
Hotel Conference Centre, Ho, Ghana, July 2
* Artistic Director, Acyfest International Festival in Ghana, June23-25
2005 * Directed Dance and performed with Azaguno at Princeton University’s
2nd Annual International Symposium on the Music of Africa, Dec. 9-10* Remounted/Directed/Performed
solo work “Marie-Joseph Angelique” for seven. Addition of original
composition, Dr. Paschal Younge. Presented at The Congress on Research in Dance
(CORD) International Conference: Dance and Human Rights, Nov. 10-13, Université du
Québec à Montréal, Canada, Piscine Theatre Nov. 12
* Directed/Organized International Performance Presentation /Exchange with
Concordia University (CU), Department of Contemporary Dance. Five Ohio
University, School
of Dance, student presented original works at CU Dept. of Contemporary
Dance Black Box Theatre, Montreal, QU Canada, November 11
* Arranged/Organized Private Mask Atelier for Ohio University, School of
Dance Students at Peau d’âme, with Visual Artist, Francis Dubois
Torres, Montreal, QU Canada, November 9 -10
* Performance at the first “Africa Meets Asia Conference”-Dialogue
Between China and Africa in Music and Halim El-Dabh Symposium at the Central
Conservatory of Music, Beijing China, October 16-22, 2005: A Concert of Chinese
and African Music (and Dance) Showcase. Beijing, Republic of China, October
20, 2005
* Presentation: at the first “Africa Meets Asia Conference”-Dialogue
Between China and Africa in Music and Halim El-Dabh Symposium at the Central
Conservatory of Music, Beijing China, October 16-22, 2005:
1. Lecture - Topic: “Ewe Culture as Express in Ghana West Africa: From
the Village to the Stage -- Atsiagbekor”.
2. Dance Workshop – “Pan-African Dance Warm-up”
* Performance, Rhythms of Africa, Traditional Dance and Music, Freedom
Hotel Conference Centre, Ho, Ghana, July 30
* Performance/Choreographic Collaboration, Dancers for Peace: “Harmony
and Chaos” Yogic-Bharatanatyam, Dervish-Sufism, Mexican Native Shamanism,
Traditional Ghanaian, and Grief Rituals from East and West (Spain) dance
forms. Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada, January 28-29
2004 * Choreographic Collaboration/Creation lab Open House, Dancers for
Peace: “Harmony
and Chaos” Yogic-Bharatanatyam, Dervish-Sufism, Mexican Native Shamanism,
Traditional Ghanaian, and Grief Rituals from East and West (Spain) dance
forms. Studio 585, Toronto, ON Canada, December 19
* Directed Dance and Performed with Azaguno at Taiwan International Drum
Festival, Tainan City, August 4-16, 2004
*International Guest Artist Residency, Cercle d'Expression Artistique et
Compagnie Nyata Nyata, Tambour et Danse, Congo, Ghana, Director Zab Maboungou,
Montréal,
QU Canada. Residency: Ghanaian Traditional & Contemporary Dance Forms,
July 6-17
* Guest Professor, Summer International Program in African Music and Dance,
Ghana, June 12-July 9 (departed July 4)
* Artistic Director International Augustine-Catherine Younge Memorial Music
(and Dance) and Cultural Festival, Dzodze, Ghana, June 25- 27
* Directed Dance and performed with AZAGUNO, National Taiwan (five-city)
Performance Tour (including Taiwan’s National Concert Hall in Taipei)
Ju Percussion Foundation Production, May 29- June 7
* Directed and performed with AZAGUNO at danceImmersion International Showcase/Festival,
Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto, Canada, April 22-26
* Discussion on Dances from the African Diaspora “Talk Back” Session,
danceImmersion, Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada, April 24
2003 *Guest Speaker, Wendy Michener Symposium: Exploring Canada's African
Dance Heritage, Presentation – “African Diasporic Dance and Education Today:
Global Perspectives” York University, Toronto, ON Canada, November
17
* Directed and performed with AZAGUNO at Princeton University; International
Symposium on the Music of Africa, October 10
2002 * Director’s Assistant (Director: Dr. Paschal Yao Younge) Annual
Summer Course in Cuban Music and Dance, Havana, Matanzas and Madruga, Cuba,
August 4-18
* Guest Professor, 8th Annual Summer Course in African Music and Dance,
University of Ghana, June 26-July 18, also in 1999, 2000 & 2001
* Guest Instructor/Choreographer, Taipei Arts International, Taiwan Dance
Festival 2002, Taiwan University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, July 7-27
* International Performing Artist, Solo African Dance (Atsiagbekor) Taipei
Arts International, Taiwan Dance Festival 2002, Taiwan University of the
Arts, Taipei,
Taiwan, July 26
* Performer, 2002 Korea World Folk Festival, International, June 2
* Performer with AZAGUNO Seoul International Drum Festival and FIFA World
Cup Opening Ceremonies, Seoul, South Korea, May 25-June 7
2001 * Guest Performer/Choreographer, West Virginia University African
Ensemble, Seoul International Drum Festival, Seoul, South Korea, October
23-29
* Research Tour of Taiwan, August 1 - 8
* Research Tour of Cuba, March 23 - 30
2000 * Guest Professor, West Virginia University’s Annual Summer Course
in African Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
1999 * Director’s Assistant, West Virginia University’s Annual
Summer Course in African Music and Dance, Ghana (since 1999)
1998 * Solo Performing Artist at danceImmersion International Showcase/Festival,
Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada, Annually held in February
(since 1995)
1997 * African Dancer/Choreographer: The Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
- Concert, Director-Trevor Payne, St. James United Church, Montreal, QU
Canada
(December
1997)
* Collaborative Work, Odissi (Classical Indian) and Ashanti (Ghanaian)/Pan
African “Mata-Metrova”,
Series 808, Toronto, ON Canada, November 1997
* Duet with Elizabeth Langley, Improvisation/Collaboration, Randy Glynn’s
Studio, Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 1997
* Solo Performing Artist and Duet with Sara Renelique, Tangente, “Acendanse”,
Director - Dena Davida. L’Agora de la Danse Theatre, Montréal,
QU Canada, April 1997
* Choreographer (Choreo-poem)/Solo Performing Artist (with poet, Sophia
Daley) at danceImmersion International Showcase/Festival, Harbourfront
Centre Theatre,
Toronto, ON Canada
Annually held in February (since 1995)
1996 * Solo Performing Artist and Duet with Sara Renelique, at danceImmersion
International Showcase/Festival, Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto,
ON Canada, Annually held in February (since 1995)
*Performance Presentation, International Conference on Dance Research,
Mexico City, Mexico December 1996
* Directed, Performed and Conducted Workshop with Badu Dance Company at
Canada Dance Festival- Produced by Cathy Levi, Ottawa, ON Canada, June
1996
* Directed, Performed and Conducted Workshop with Badu Dance Company at
Peterborough New Dance Festival, Curator/Producer Bill Kimball, Peterborough,
ON Canada,
April 1996
* Directed, Performed and Conducted Workshop with Badu Dance Company at
Dancing on the Edge Festival, Director - Donna Spencer, Firehall Art Centre,
Vancouver,
BC, Canada April 1996
*Directed, Choreographed for, Performed with Badu Dance Company, in Makpoloo
Dance Initiative’s production of “Yaa Assantewa” - Leah Posluns
Theatre Art, North York, ON Canada & Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto,
ON Canada, January 1996
1995-1996 * Guest Instructor For: The Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre,
W. African Dance, Toronto, ON Canada, September 1995 – April 1996
1995 * African Dancer Performer: The Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir -
Concert, Director-Trevor Payne, St. James United Church, Montreal, QU Canada
(December
1995)
*Committee Member, Dance Ontario Board of Directors, (1 term) Dance Ontario
(a provincial service organization for dance) Toronto, ON Canada
* Performer, Theatre Production of: Lambton, Kent, and Other Vistas, Play
by Andre Alexis, Directed by: Ross Mason Choreographed by: Laura Taler,
Tarragon
Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada, October
* Solo Performing Artist - African Dance, National Ballet of Canada’s “Chance
to Dance” Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON Canada August
1995
* Guest Instructor, African-Contemporary Dance, University of Ghana, Institute
of African Studies, The Ghana Dance Ensemble, August 1995
*Choreographic Research for: “Yaa Asantewa” with Professor Albert
Mawere Opoku, University of Ghana, Institute of African Studies
Research Areas: Agogo, Kumasi, and Legon in Ghana, August 1995
* Directed, Choreographed for, Performed with Badu Dance Company, in du
Maurier LTD’s “Concert Stage”, Directed by Don Shipley, Capital
Theatre, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada and aired on Canadian Television
(CTV- Network)
May 1995
* Directed, Choreographed for, Performed with Badu Dance Company, in Milk
International Children’s Festival, Directed by Don Shipley, Harbourfront
Centre, Toronto, ON Canada, May 1995
* Solo Performing Artist, Conducted Workshop at Dancing on the Edge Festival,
Director - Donna Spencer, Firehall Art Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada April
1995
* Solo Performing Artist, Spring Arts Festival, Director - Andy McKim,
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada, April 1995
* Live Dance Performance and Interview with Badu Dance Company at Morningside
Canadian Broadcasting Company – Radio Station (CBC-Radio), Broadcaster
- Peter Gzowski, Toronto, ON Canada, April 1995
* Performed with Badu Dance Company, at the Peter Gzowski Invitational,
Golf Tournament for Literacy, Gala Event, The Red Barn Theatre, Jackson’s
Point, ON Canada, April 1995
- Additional Artists included: Karen Kain (National Ballet of Canada),
Bare Naked Ladies, Graham Green (Actor) et al.
* Solo Performing Artist and African Dance Workshop, Dancing on the Edge
Festival, Director - Donna Spencer, Firehall Art Centre, Vancouver, BC,
Canada April
1995
*Solo Performing Artist, Art Gallery of Ontario - African Heritage Celebration,
Toronto, ON Canada, February 1995
* Solo Performing Artist at danceImmersion International Showcase/Festival,
Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada, Annually held in February
(since 1995)
* Directed, Choreographed for, Performed with Badu Dance Company in Dancers
for Life, Co-Directors -- Laura Taler & Julia Sasso, Royal Alexandra
Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada, January 1995
1994 * Guest Performing Artist with The Flaming Dono Drum and Dance Ensemble
Director: Joseph Ashong, in Milk International Children’s Festival,
Directed by Don Shipley, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON Canada, May 1994
* Choreographer/Performer. Duet with Sharon Harvey, Tangente, “Acendanse”,
Director - Dena Davida. L’Agora de la Danse Theatre, Montréal,
QU Canada, April 1994
* Directed, Choreographed for, Performed with Badu Dance Company in First
Night Toronto, Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre, John Bassett Theatre,
Toronto,
ON Canada, December 1994
* Choreographer/Performer, Duet with Sharon Harvey, for Dance Ontario’s
danceALCHEMY production, Directed by, Mimi Beck, Betty Oliphant Theatre,
Toronto, ON Canada. October 1994
* Directed, Choreographed for, Performed with Badu Dance Company, in Makpoloo
Dance Initiative’s production of “Marie Joseph Angelique” at
Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, North York, ON Canada & Premiere
Dance Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada, September 1994
* Directed and Performed with Badu Dance Company at the World Championship
of Basketball, Opening Ceremony, Nathan Phillip Square, Toronto, ON Canada,
August
1994
* Performed with Badu Dance Company at Ontario Place, Science Centre, Toronto,
ON Canada, August 1994
* Performed with Badu Dance Company at Skylight Theatre Summer Festival,
North York, ON Canada, August 1994
* Solo Performing Artist in DanceWorks 81 “Articulated Fusion Works”,
du Maurier Theatre Centre, Toronto, ON Canada, November 1994
1993 * African Dance Choreographer For: The Montreal Jubilation Gospel
Choir - Concert, Director-Trevor Payne, (December 1993)
* Directed, Choreographed for, Performed with Badu Dance Company in First
Night Toronto, Bell Canada Enterprises Building (BCE) Toronto, ON Canada,
December
1993
* Directed/Choreographed/Performed: Collective Journey Artists/Groups --
Badu Dance Company (African), Sara Renelique (Afro-Ballet Fusion), Maria
Garcia
(Moroccan), Latin American Winchester Street Theatre. Toronto, ON Canada
March 1993
*Solo Performing Artist, Harbourfront Centre Festivals, Premiere Dance
Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada October 1993
1992 * Solo Performing Artist, Harbourfront Centre Festivals, Harbourfront
Centre, Toronto, ON Canada, July 1992
* Solo Performing Artist, African Dance, “Festival of Folklore:” Art
Gallery, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, ON Canada December
1992
* Collaborative Duet with Kathak dancer, Deepti Gupta (Classical Indian/Ghanaian) “fFIDA” Festival,
Dir. Allen Kaeja, “Rhythmic Cycles” Winchester St. Theatre, Toronto,
ON Canada, August 1992
* Choreography presented/performed in “World of Music Art & Dance” (WOMAD)
Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON Canada, July 1992
* Solo Performing Artist, African-Contemporary, The Third International
NCA Conference “CELAFI
Festival” Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON Canada, July 1992
* Solo Performing Artist - Atisagbekor, A.D.U.C.C. Danscene ‘92, National
Dance Festival, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
April 1992
* Guest Panelist, Topic: Cultural Appropriation, -A.D.U.C.C. Danscene ‘92,
National Dance Conference, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada, April 1992
1991 * Performer in “The Last Super at Uncle Tom’s Cabin/The Promised
Land" Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company, Premiere Dance Theatre,
~April 1991
* Guest Instructor, African-Contemporary Dance, University of Ghana, Institute
of African Studies, The Ghana Dance Ensemble, Legon, Ghana, September – December
1991
* Solo Performing Artist/Conference Finale Performance Presentation, International
Conference on Dance Research, Moreilla, Mexico, December 1990
1989 * Guest Performer in, Rhythm of the World Festival, International
Festival, Director - Koko Amartefio, Montreal, QU Canada, July 1989
*Guest Performer in, Seguin & Company, & Ya Ya Dialo, “Tam Tam
Plus”, Spectrum Theatre, Montreal, QU Canada, May 1989
* Administrator for: Women Artist’s Building Bridges, Television Special
on Important Woman in the Arts Montreal, QU Canada
1988-1990 * Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir (MJGC)– Concert, Director-Trevor
Payne, The Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir (Caribbean/African/French Canadian/African
American/Canadian) Performed for: heads of state, including Nelson Mandela, & Queen
Elizabeth II; and artists including, Céline Dion, Foreigner, New Kids
on the Block, Michael Bolton & Ray Charles
Solo/Group Vocalist (soprano and alto voice) Selected venues:
1. Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
60,000 people in attendance (Montreal, QU Canada)
2. Gospel Celebration, St. James United Church,
3,000 people in attendance (Montreal, QU Canada)
3. Moers Jazz Festival – International Jazz Festival
6,000 people in attendance (Moer, Germany)
4. Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, Tour – Germany
Frankfurt, Cologne, National Television
5. Festival of Light and Sound, New York City
2,000 people in attendance (New York City)
Selected National Activities:
Professional Activities
2008 * Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District (MCACD)
Individual Artist Fellowship Panelist, fiscal year 2009 - Performing
Dayton, OH, September 8, 2008
* Popular Culture/American Culture -- Asian Performing Arts and Popular
Culture. Paper presentation “A parallelism: African and Asian Performing Arts” San
Francisco, CA, March 19 – 22
* Guest Scholar and Artist Residency Solo Performance/Master Class/ Dance
Panelist, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. “Freed Voices Project” Concert,
January 15 – 21
2007 * International Scholar and Guest Artist Residency: Thiel College,
Greensville, PA February 19-23
2006 * Guest Scholar and Artist Residency Commissioned Choreographic Work
/Master Classes, Middle Tennessee State Dance Theatre, Middle Tennessee
State University,
Murfreesboro, TN. “Freed Voices Project”, November 15-21, 2006
* Directed/Performed (Trio) 35th Anniversary Celebration, Terpsy’s
Terpsichorean Modern Dance Club, Teaneck, NJ (February 19)
2005 * San Diego – Presenter at: Popular Culture Association & American
Culture Association/ Section: Dance & Culture, San Diego, CA, March 23-26,
2005
Topic: “African Diasporic Dance and Education Today:
Global Perspectives”
* Guest Artists Residency, Bowdoin College, “Performance of three Master
drummers and Dancers from Ghana, Atsiagbekor, Kpanlongo and Gahu” (demonstration-
performance) Brunswick, Maine, March 5
* Residency/Performance with Azaguno, Northern Kentucky University, Greaves
Concert Hall, Highland Heights, KY, Feb. 24-25
* Directed/Performed with Ohio University African Ensemble in “A Concert
of African Music and Dance” 10th Anniversary Celebration. Dir. by Dr.
Paschal Yao Younge, Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre, CAC, Morgantown, WV, February
20
* Residency and Performance with Azaguno, Southern Illinois University,
Sponsored by School of Music & Fine Arts. Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale, IL, February
7-12
* Florida – Presenter at: Annual Florida Music Educator’s Association
(FMEA) In-Service Conference in World Music and Dance, Tampa, Florida. World
Music Awareness Workshop: January 7-9
Topic: Developing African Dance Movement for the Classroom
2004 * Guest Professor - Discussion on African Dance, Special Lecture For
Honor Students and Middle Tennessee State University Radio Murfreesboro,
TN, November
2004
* Guest Performer: West Virginia University African Ensemble Tour, dancer & percussionist
-- The Pennsylvania State University- Fayette Campus, Union Town, PA, August
19
* Performance, West Virginia Fine Arts Institute, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV, June 23
* Workshop West Virginia Governor's School of the Arts, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV, June 14-July 5
* Directed/Performed with Azaguno, YWCA, Free – Community African Dance
and Drum Concert, Parkersburg, WV, May 2004
* Guest Performer: West Virginia University African Ensemble Tour, percussionist
Lakeview Resort & Scanticon Conference Center, Morgantown, WV, April
2004
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University, Annual World Music Concert,
Morgantown, WV, April 15
* Directed and Performed with Ohio University African Ensemble, at West
Virginia University, World Music Center “A Concert of African Music and Dance” 10th
Anniversary Celebration. Guest performer, choreographer. Dir. by Dr. Paschal
Yao Younge, Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre, CAC, Morgantown, WV, February
22
* Performance with WVU African Ensemble, WVU Parents Club, CAC, February
21
* Florida – Presented at: Movement R (Evolution) Dialogues: Contemporary
Performance In and Of Africa. The Gwendolen M. Carter Conference in African
Studies and 2004 Congress on Research in Dance Special Topics Conference,
Director: Joan
Frosch, Gainesville, FL, February 10-14, 2004
Topic: “Ewe Culture as Expressed in Ghana West Africa: From the
Village to the Stage-- Atsiagbekor.”
2003 * Guest Choreographer/Instructor: WVU African Ensemble Annual Concert,
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (2003-2004)
* New Orleans – Presenter For: Popular Culture Assoc./American Culture
Assoc., New Orleans, LA April 16-19, 2003
Topic: “Ewe Culture as Expressed in Ghana West Africa: From the
Village to the Stage to the West”
* Master Class, African Drum & Dance, Symposium: Cultural Catalysts:
Making Changes, Raising Awareness, Denison Uni. (February)
* Director/Performer Creole Africaine --A Concert of African Music and
Dance, Denison University African Repertory, Denison University, Dept.
of Dance, Granville,
OH, February 28- March 1
*Guest Performer, West Virginia University, World Music and African Music & Dance
Concerts, annual two-hour concert, Morgantown, WV, February (2000)
2002 * Director/Performer in AZA! --A Concert of African Music and Dance,
Denison University African Repertory, Denison University, Department of
Dance, Granville,
OH, November 15-16
* Africa Music and Dance Clinic at Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH,
October 6
* Guest Teacher, African Dance, DeKalb School of the Arts, High School
of Performing Arts, Atlanta, GA (April)
Visiting Artist in Residence, Traditional and Contemporary African Dance,
Ohio University, School of Dance, Athens, OH, January
2001 * Guest Performer, West Virginia University, World Music and African
Music & Dance
Concerts, Two hour concert, Morgantown, WV, February (2000)
* Performer, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, September 4 and 5
* Visiting Lecturer and Artist in Residence, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL. February 18-26
2000 * Visiting Lecturer and Artist in Residence, Miami University of Ohio,
Oxford, October 28- November 5
1987 * Performer – Off Broadway and National Tour (dancer-singer) Sweet
Saturday Night, Producer -- Gordon Crowe, Dance Director -- Abdel Salaam, African
and African American Dance Forms, New York, NY January –March 1987
1986-1987 * Performer -- Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, African and Modern
Dance -- Director Abdel Salaam, New York, NY
1985-1986 *Performer -- The Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco),
Director -- Joan Myers Brown. Worked with Choreographers:
Gene Hill Sagan and Louis Johnson, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Regional
Activities:
Awards
2008 * Arts for Ohio, College of Fine Arts “Mother Africa” Symposium
Co-directed with Dr. Paschal Younge, June 2008
-- $15,000.00
* Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
for Choreography -- April 2008 -- $5,000.00 (minus cutback rate)
Selected Professional Activities:
2008 * Organized Fundraising Event “A Day of Azaguno” offering
free classes/performances in African Music and Dance to the Athens community.
Event
was supported by the Athens community through individual pledges. Held at
ARTS/West Theatre and Athens Pyramids, Athens, OH June 7
* Co-Director: AZA! Gathering Footprints Lost in the Sands of Time: The
Story of Africa: A Dance Drama, Ohio University, April 26
* Master Class -- African Dance, For: Honor Band and Choir Festival,
Baker University Center, Athens, OH January 11-13
2007-2008 * Co-Directed, Ohio University African Ensemble 2020, Outreach
program for Children ages 5-12, Athens, OH
2007 * Master Classes: African Dance, For: Fine Arts Residential Learning
Community (RLC) Ohio University, Athens, OH October 12
* Co-Directed: Ohio University Residence Assistant Orientation: Ohio
University African Ensemble Performance, Athens, OH August 22
* Master Classes: Kids on Campus: African Dance, Ohio University, Athens,
OH July 17-19
* Co-directed and Performed with OU African Ensemble: Ohio University
25th Annual International Fair, May 19
* Guest Teacher -- Ghanaian Dance Technique, American College Dance Festival – Regional.
Event Director: Madeleine Scott, Ohio University, Ridges Auditorium, Athens,
OH May 16-19
* Performance with Travis Gatling/ Dr. Paschal Younge/OU African Ensemble
(drummers): Moms Weekend Choral Concert, Director – Dr. Peter Jarjisian,
Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, Athens, OH May 5
* Co-Director: AZA!!! A concert of Traditional and Contemporary African
Music and Dance, Ohio University, April 20
2006 * Profiled on Ohio University Scholars Day Video, “Bobcat Breakdown” A
short video focusing on selected professors, conveying their talents as teachers
and scholars. The goal of the video is to demonstrate the excellence of OU's
faculty, produced/edited by White Crow Films. Premiered: Scholars Day, November
9
* Co-Directed and Performed with OH African Ensemble. For: Community
and Campus Day, Ohio University, Old Nelson Commons. Athens, OH, October
14
* Co-Director, Performer in, Heritage: A celebration of African Culture
Through The Arts Concert, May 12
* Guest Scholar/Artist-in-Residence, South Elementary, Morgan County
School District (200 students, grades 3 through 6) Organizer: Elizabeth
Christman,
Stockport,
OH April 26
2005 * Directed and Performed with OH African Ensemble. For: Community
and Campus Day, Ohio University, Old Nelson Commons. Athens, OH, November
5
* Performed (Dance/Percussion) Ohio University, School of Music, Annual
Percussion Concert: Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium. Foyer presentation
of African
Music and Dance Athens, OH (October)
* World Dance Concert "Tour de Monde" Fundraising concert. “Kpanlongo” Ohio
University. Shirley Wimmer Theatre, Athens, OH October 10
* Director, Visual Artist, Performer in Creole Africaine: Celebration
the Many Cultures of Africa”: Ohio University, Elizabeth Baker Theater,
Kantner Hall, Athens, OH, April 2, 3
2004 * Master Classes – African Music/Dance, For: Fine Arts Residential
Learning Community (RLC) “The Arts n Our Global World: A Global Perspective” Ohio
University, Athens, OH (September)
* Presenter for: Entertainment-Education Conference, Director Dr. Vibert
Cambridge, African-American Studies, Ohio University, Baker Center, Athens,
OH, April
15-17
Choreography: “Mia Woezo”
* Presenter for: Faculty Affiliates Program, Ohio University, School
of Interdisciplinary Arts. Athens, OH, February, 20
Topic: “Ewe Culture as Express in Ghana West Africa:
From the Village to the Stage-- Atsiagbekor.”
* Viewing Performance Presentation: For Nunyamo Dance and Music Concert.
Ohio University, School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Athens, OH (April
2004).
* Residency and Guest Director/ Performer at Miami University of Ohio
percussion and African Ensemble Concert, April 20
* Ohio University African Ensemble, guest performer – Bamaaya, Directed
by Dr. Zelma Badu-Younge, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (April 2,3, 2004)
* Guest Performer with WVU African Ensemble, Clay Center, Charleston,
October 4
2002 * Guest Performer, West Virginia University, World Music and
African Music & Dance
Concerts, Two hour concert, Morgantown, WV, February (2000)
* Performance and Workshop, at Bridgeview Elementary School, Charleston,
March 16
* Guest Instructor and Performer, Annual African Music Concert, University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, April 6
* Performer, WVU, Annual World Music Concert, April 5
* Performance and Workshop, at Adamston Elementary School, Clarksburg,
March 21
* Guest Performer/Choreographer, West Virginia University African Ensemble,
Annual African Music Concert, February 17
2001 * Guest Artist, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, July 13 -15
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble, WVU Days
in Eastern Panhandle, September 24-26
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble WVU Black
Alumni Celebrations, September 22
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble St. Mary's,
West Virginia, April 27
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble Annual World
Music Concert, April 6
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble, Annual
African Music Concert, February 11
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble, WVU Up
All Night, February 4
* Guest Performer, WVU African Ensemble, Martin Luther King Day Celebration,
Capital, Charleston, WV, January 12
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble, Martin
Luther King Day Celebration at Parkersburg, WV, January 12
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble, Martin
Luther King Day Celebration at Charleston, WV, January 13
2000 * Guest Performer, WVU, World and African Music & Dance Concerts,
Two hour concert, Morgantown, WV, February (2000)
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble, West Virginia
EEO/State College and University Systems Conference, Canaan Valley Resort,
Davis, WV, September
27
* Guest Performer, West Virginia University African Ensemble, WVU Days
in Northern Panhandle, Wheeling, September 26-27
Professional Affiliations:
2002-present * OhioDance, USA
2002-2003 * Arts International, USA
2002-present * Popular Culture Association/American
Culture Association, USA
2001-2003 * World Dance Alliance, USA
2001-present * Congress on Research in Dance, USA
1995-present * International Association for Black in Dance, USA
1994- present * Dance Ontario, Canada
Choreographies
2008
* “Serenity
Backside!” *World Premier
A fusion of West and South African, Ballet, Modern,
Brazilian, Caribbean and Tap dance techniques. Music:
original Steel Pan music composed/performed live by Eric Fountain;
Original Afro-pop
music composed/performed live by Toby Foyeh and Orchestra
Africa. Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium, April 26
2007
“ From
Deep Within” Group
Piece, African-Contemporary Dance form, MTSU
Dance Theatre, Choreographed – October
2007. An Evening of Dance, MTSU Tucker Theatre,
Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro,
TN, USA, premiered: November 2007,
2nd performance, January 2008
* “Africa Meets Asia” World Premier
A dance collaboration with Yuju Wei, music composed
by Dr. Paschal Yao Younge. Asian dance movement, Chinese classical and
folk dance forms derived from Chinese opera, martial arts and temple
dances; African movements from Ghanaian - Ewe Gadzo and Adzogbo dance
ceremonies with Mande Dance styles from Guinea and Senegal. Live performance
of a multiple percussion piece for Chinese, Korean, Japanese and African
(Ghanaian) percussion instruments, utilizing ideas and elements from
Chinese court and temple music, Japanese Taiko drumming, Korean Samulnori
Ghanaian - Ashanti Fontomfrom and Ewe Adzogbo dance drumming, Templeton-Blackburn
Memorial Aud., premiered: April 20, 2007
* “Alangey” Co-choreograph with Habib Iddrisu and Paschal
Yao Younge . Based on the social music and dance of the Nanumba
community of Northern Ghana “Alangey”. Templeton-Blackburn
Memorial Auditorium, premiered: April 20, 2007
* “Gede Nibo” Contemporary Caribbean, Duet with Associate
Professor of Dance, Travis Gatling. Collaboration with
Ohio University Singers Director: Peter Jarjisian.
Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium
(premiered: April 20, 2007
* “Kothbiro” (It’s
going to rain) Contemporary solo work/video projection
project. Dancer
Yuju Wei. Elizabeth Baker Theater, Kantner Hall,
Athens, Ohio, USA (premiered: March 1-3, 2007)
2006
“Crash” Group
Work, Contemporary Dance form. MTSU Dance Theatre, Choreographed
- November 2006. An Evening of Dance, MTSU Tucker Theatre.
Middle Tennessee State
University Murfreesboro, TN, USA (premiered: April 2007)
“7 Hills” Collaboration -
Joanna De Souza, Canadian National Award recipient, Kathak (Classical
Indian) & W. African dance
fusion. Original music composed by Ian De Souza. Shirley
Wimmer Theatre, Ohio University. (May 24-26, 2006).
Re-work. “RhythmKeepers” a blend of W. African, Tap & Irish
dance. Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium. Ohio University. (May 12,
2006) & Princeton University’s 2nd Annual International Symposium
on the Music of Africa, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ. (Dec. 9, 2006).
“Mahogany Blue” a
choreopoem. Poetry, live video fed images, original music and live
African drumming. Performers: Sophia Daley (vocals),
Agya Boakye Boaten (African Drumming) and videography
by Julie Cruse. Shirley Wimmer Theatre, Ohio University (March 2- 4,
2006).
2005
Re-work: “Marie-Joseph Angelique” from solo to group
work (seven performers). Original recorded music by: Daniel
Janke. Live percussion by: Dr. Paschal Yao Younge.
Set Design by: Marua Gahan. Piscine Theatre,
Montreal, Que. CA (November 12, 2005).
“Metrova” African Contemporary Dance form. MTSU Dance Theatre, An
Evening of Dance, MTSU Tucker Theatre. Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro,
TN, USA (April 21-23, 2005).
“Guaguanco” Cuban dance form choreographed for Creole Africaine Dance
and Music Concert. Ohio University, Elizabeth Baker Theater, Kantner Hall, Athens,
Ohio, USA (April 2, 3, 2005).
2000
* “RhythmKeepers” -
African-Tap dance fusion, Collaboration with Tap Dancer,
Julie Maynard, Atlanta, GA
1998
* “Mata-Metrova” Classical Ghanaian and Classical Indian
(Odissi) dance Collaboration – Niharika Mohanty, Toronto, ON
and Montreal, QU Canada
1997
* “Introspection into the Unknown” Creation based
on Ewe (Ghanaian) and Haitian Vodu Rituals (dance and computer
technology) Toronto, ON Canada February 1997
* “Hamba Ekhaya” (Goin' Home), Montreal Jubilation Gospel
Choir – Concert, Director-Trevor Payne, creation based on South
African Dance, Montreal, QU Canada December 1997
1996
*“Yaa Asantewa” – Based on the Asante wars and
life of “Yaa Asantewa,” the Queen Mother of Ejisu, Toronto,
ON Canada,
January 1996
1995
*“MudCreature” - Dancing on the Edge Festival, Fire
Hall Art Centre. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (April
1995).
1994
*“Marie-Joseph Angélique” based on the story of Marie-Joseph
Angélique, a Portuguese-born slave owned by bourgeois French Canadians,
allegedly hanged for burning down a city in New France (Montréal) Angélique
was eventually hung, her body burnt and the ashes “cast to the four corners
of the earth,” Toronto, ON Canada, September 1994
* “Creole Africaine” a Pan-African/African dance and music, Toronto,
ON Canada, September 1994
* “Mia Woezo” A contemporary dance work based on Ewe (Ghanaian)
and Mande (Senegalese/Guinean) movement, Toronto, ON Canada, April 1994
1993
* “Jubliation V, Joy to the World” Montreal Jubilation Gospel
Choir – Concert, Director-Trevor Payne, creation based on Ghanaian Dance,
Toronto, ON/Montreal, QU Canada, December 1993
* “Torgbewo Metrova” African Contemporary Work, commission by DanceWorks
81, Toronto, ON Canada, November 1993
* “Va Mi Dzo” – African Contemporary Work, World of Music,
Art and Dance (WOMAD) Festival, Toronto, ON Canada, August 1992
1992
* “Rhythmic Cycles” Contemporary Ghanaian/ Kathak collaboration
with Deepti Gupta (original music by: Rodrigo Chavez) for “fFIDA” Festival,
Toronto, ON Canada, August 1992
1996 The Rhythm Within” – African Contemporary Dance, Toronto,
ON Canada, December 1990
Choreography/Arrangement of Traditional African Dances
2008
“ Kundum” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Atsiagbekor” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Boboobo” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Sanga” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Gahu” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Gota” Ghanaian Dance (Group
Ohio University African Ensemble, Templeton-Blackburn Memorial
Auditorium, Athens, OH (performance date: April 26, 2008)
2007
“ Adowa” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Fume Fume” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Kassa” Guinea Dance (Group)
Ohio University African Ensemble, Templeton-Blackburn Memorial
Auditorium, Athens, OH (performance date: April 20, 2007)
2005
“ RhythmKeepers” Ghanaian, Irish, American Dance (Group)
“
Sanga” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Boboobo” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Adzogbo” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“
Yeve” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
Azaguno, International Symposium on the Music of Africa.
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA (performance date: October 10,
2005)
2004
“ Kpatsa” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“Sanga” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“Kpanlongo” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
“Bamaaya” Ghanaian Dance (Group)
Ohio University African Ensemble, Elizabeth Baker Theater, Athens,
OH (performance date: April 3 - 4, 2004)
2003
“Bata” Nigerian dance (group)
“
Atsiagbekor” Ghanaian War dance (group)
“
Isukuti” Kenyan dance (group)
“
Bamaaya” Ghanaian dance (group)
“
Jera” Ghanaian dance (group)
“
Creole Africaine” An Original Contemporary (7 dancers)
Work combining, West African, South African and North American Step Dance. Arranged
for Azaguno.
“
Mbende” A dance (group) from Zimbabwe
International Symposium on the Music of Africa, Princeton University, Princeton,
NJ, USA (October 10, 2003).
“
Malivata” A dance (group) from Tanzania co-arranged with
Dr. Paschal Younge
“
Gahu” A dance (group) from Ghana co-arranged with
Dr. Paschal Younge
“
Kpatsa” A dance (group) from Ghana co-arranged with
Dr. Paschal Younge
“
Bamaaya” A dance (group) from Ghana
“
Sanga” A dance (group) from Ghana
“
Creole Africaine: Celebrating the Many Cultures of Africa.” Con., Denison
University (Denison African Repertory
Class), Granville, OH (February 28- March
1, 2003)
2002
“Kpanlongo” A dance (group) from Ghana
“ Gota” A dance (group) from Ghana
“
Atsiagbekor” A dance (group) from Ghana
“
Bamaaya” A dance (group) from Ghana
“
Jera” A dance (group) from Ghana
“
Sofa/Kassa ” A dance (group) from Guinea
“
Aza, A Celebration of African Dancing, Drumming & Singing.” Concert
(Denison African Repertory Class) Denison University, Granville, OH (November
15- 16, 2002)
Recordings:
2006 * Ohio University, Heritage Concert DVD
2004 * Azaguno Taiwan Tour DVD On-going Research and
Publications
1. African Diaspora in the Americas: A Cross-Cultural Ethnographic
Study of
African Derived Dance Forms in the United States and Canada – Publisher:
AmeriQuests Marsha Tardy, Vanderbilt University (pending).
2. A web-based dance project for Asian, African, and European dance forms.
3. African –Caribbean Dance WorkOut – DVD a Bud Y Jam Production.
4. African Dance and Expressive Culture in Cuba, Jamaica, and Brazil.
5. African Arts Television: “Akpe!” Celebrating the Culinary, Visual
and
Performing Arts of Africa and the African Diaspora.
6. Retracing the Steps: A Look at Ewe Rituals and their Influence on
Caribbean Culture - Focusing on the Islands of Barbados, Cuba and Jamaica.
7. A Comparative Study of Dances of the Ewe Ethnic Group (Ghana) and the
Bundjalung Nation of northern New South Wales.
8. Warrior Dances of the Ewes: Adzogbo Dance Ceremonies (Book)
9. Training Program at: National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development
Association (NAISDA) Dance College Australia's national indigenous
dance training institution (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander) and;
Bangarra Dance Theatre, a blend of traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander history and culture with international contemporary dance.
10. Research For: Choreographic works, The National Dance Company of
Ghana.
11. Musical Traditions of Ghana: A Guide to Multicultural Education by: Dr.
Paschal Yao Younge -- Dance Demonstrations and Descriptions (Document
and Video)
Projected Schedule
of Professional Activities
2009
* Guest Performer
(Embassy of Ghana)/Research and Training, Brasilia, Brazil
(Winter 2009)
* Paper/Performance Presentation, Dialogue 4: Africa
Meets North America in Los Angeles. Department of Ethnomusicology,
University
of California at Los Angeles. Organized by the Centre for
Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College, Cambridge, U.K.,
Los Angeles, CA
October 22-25
* Lecturer & Dance instructor, University of Pittsburgh, 1st Annual
Summer course in African Music & Dance. Churchill College, University
of Cambridge, England, Director Dr. Akin Euba, 3 week Study
Abroad Program, (July 2009)
* Assistant Director and Lecturer at the Ohio University's
4th Summer International Program in African Culture Through
the Arts Music in Ghana, June 14--July 6
* Artistic Director, AZA! 2009 Ohio University's 4th Summer
International Program, Traditional Arts Festival, Anlo
Afiadenyigba, Ghana, June 26-29
* Co-Director: AZA!! Mother Africa Concert, Ohio University,
Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Auditorium, Athens, OH May 1
* Co-Director: African Arts Symposium – Mother Africa, a symposium on Women
in Africa’s Arts, with talks by prominent scholars and artists who focus
on gender issues, Baker University Center, Athens, OH April 30 –May 2
* Guest Scholar, Paper Presentation: "Through the Eyes of An African Dancer:
Intellectualizing the body’s Movement to Music." Princeton University’s
3rd Annual International Symposium on the Music of Africa, April 17-18
* The 2009 National Popular Culture Association /American Culture Association
Conference “Dance and Culture” section, New Orleans April 8-11
* On-location Coordinator, OhioDance Festival “Dance Matters: Moving
Images Dance Festival, Ohio University School of Dance, April 4
* Director/Curator: Moving Images Film Festival, Athena Cinema, Athens, OH
April 3
* Solo Performance, 2009 American College Dance Festival, Concert Date: February
28, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, February 28 - March
3
* Children’s Outreach “A Day of Azaguno” offering free classes
in African Music and Dance to Athens community children. ARTS/West Theater,
Athens, OH (1 day, monthly)
* Master Class -- African Dance, For: Honor Band and Choir Festival, Baker
University Center, Athens, OH January 11-13
* Research Project/Performance Collaboration with Kala Bharati Centre
Bharata Natya (Montreal) director, Dr. Mamata Niyogi-Nakra, Kolkata, India
(2-weeks January)
* New Creative Work Project – Choreograph For: Ballet Creole, a Canadian
Contemporary Dance Company, Ghanaian-Indian
Inspired piece to be premiered during the companies 2009-2010 season at Harbourfront
Centre, Toronto, ON Canada
2008
* Presentation,
African Music and Dance, at World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference
on Education “Respecting Traditions: Shaping the Future” To be
held on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation, Melbourne, Australia December
7-11
* Research Project/Performance Collaboration with Kala Bharati Centre
Bharata Natya director, Dr. Mamata Niyogi-Nakra, Montreal, QU Canada (Fall
2008)
* Children’s Outreach “A Day of Azaguno” offering free
classes in African Music and Dance to Athens community children. ARTS/West
Theater,
Athens, OH (1 day, monthly)
Presentation at “Africa Meets Asia” Conference-– First International
Music Conference and Festival on African And Indian Music and Dance, Co-organized
by Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha (Indiranagar Music Society), India & Centre
for Intercultural Musicology at Churchill College, Cambridge, Indiranagar
Bangalore, India, July 11-16
NB. Only selected International and National Activities are listed.
Contact WORK
Ohio University
School of Dance
Putnam Hall 222
Athens, OH, 45701
Tel. 740 593 1826
E-mail: or baduyou@ohio.edu
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