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 heralded as a living legend in Nigeria during a platinum jubilee celebration to recognise 70 years of outstanding contribution to theatre and dance.
Nigeriaworld Feature Article – Peter Badejo: Lord of the Dance
Photo courtesy of Peter Badejo.
