Peter badejo biography
- Peter Badejo OBE, is one of Britain's foremost choreographers, dancers, and African performance specialists.
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- Peter Badejo OBE is one of Nigeria's foremost choreographers, dancers and African performance specialists.
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Professor Akinwándé Oluwo̩lé Babátúndé S̩óyinká was born 13 July 1934. He attended St. Peter’s Primary School in Abeokuta, Abeokuta Grammar School and Government College in Ibadan, at each time exhibited the literary and theatrical genius in him and won several prizes for his outstanding craftsmanship.
After studies at Government College in 1952, he proceeded to the University College Ibadan between 1952–54 affiliated with the University of London at the time, majoring in English literature, Greek, and Western history. Later in 1954, ‘Kongi’ relocated to England to continue his studies in English literature, under the supervision of his mentor Wilson Knight at the University of Leeds (1954–57).
After graduating in 1957, he wrote the play, The Swamp Dwellers (1958) which by The Lion and the Jewel, a comedy in 1958 which were both a ménage of his Yoruba heritage and European theatre conventions. In 1957, his play The Invention was the first of his works to be produced at the Royal Court Theatre at the time when his poems, “The Immigrant” and “
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PETER BADEJO: LORD OF THE DANCE
rofile of Peter Adegboyega Badejo, OBE, NAMA, 'Sanctuary Artist of the Year' (University of Limerick), Lord of the Dance (Focus magazine), choreographer, director, actor, musician and the artistic director of Badejo Arts, a contemporary African Dance Company based in the United Kingdom.
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Peter Badejo, Nigerian-born artiste is founder and artistic director of the London-based contemporary African dance company. Badejo, fondly called 'Uncle Peter' by friends and admirers is a recipient of several honours for his contribution to arts in general and specifically for his relentless efforts in the spread and understanding of African artistic expression in contemporary Britain.
He has been awarded an OBE by her Majesty the Queen of England in her birthday honours' list for services to dance in England.
A cultural ambassador for African arts in general, and Yoruba Diaspora in
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Peter Badejo OBE, is one of Britain’s foremost choreographers, dancers, and African performance specialists. His commitment to African performing arts reflects extensive research at the University of London, and at UCLA where he completed his Master of Arts degree in Dance Ethnography.
Peter Badejo, popularly known as ‘Uncle P’, made a dramatic impact on British arts. In 1990, he founded and served as Artistic Director of Badejo Arts where a good number of present African dancers and choreographers learnt their trade. His long list of dance and theatre credits include performing in Talawa Theatre Company’s The Gods Are Not to Blame and Death of the King’s Horseman. Badejo’s commissioned pieces include work for Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble, The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester and The School of African and Oriental Studies, London. In 2001, he was awarded an OBE in recognition of his work and commitment to the development of African dance.
Badejo received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Dance of the African Diaspora in 2013. In 2017 he was her
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