Becky Umeh
Becky UzoAmaka Umeh is a Nigerian artistic director, choreographer, singer, actress, and dancer.
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Becky Umeh
- Name
- Becky Umeh
- Birth Name
- Becky UzoAmaka Umeh
- Birthplace
- Anambra State, Nigeria
- Occupation
- Choreographer, dancer, actress
- Full name
- Becky UzoAmaka Umeh.
- Born
- 1973. · Anambra State.
- Nationality
- Nigeria.
- Fields
- dance.
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Becky UzoAmaka Umeh is a Nigerian artistic director, choreographer, singer, actress, and dancer.
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Becky Umeh (born 1973) is an actress, choreographer and singer, of Nigerian nationality. The actress was born Becky UzoAmaka Umeh in Anambra State. Activity centred on dance.
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• Name — Becky Umeh • Birth Name — Becky UzoAmaka Umeh • Birthplace — Anambra State, Nigeria • Occupation — Choreographer, dancer, actress • Years Active — 1985–present • Website — zomema.com Becky UzoAmaka Umeh is a Nigerian artistic director, choreographer, singer, actress, and dancer.
Early life
Early life
Umeh was born in Anambra State, Nigeria, but grew up in Lagos from the age of five. In 1992, she gained national visibility as an actress in the Nigerian Television Authority children's drama Tales by Moonlight. She was also cast in the independent films Jezebel, Twist of Fate, Living Ghost, Amazon, among others. From 1994 to 1998, Umeh studied traditional and contemporary African dance, on full scholarship, at Ivory Dance Academy, founded by National Troupe of Nigeria member Steve James. While studying, she toured with the school's group Ivory Ambassadors, and conducted field research on traditional dance in Nigerian villages.
Nigeria, 1998 to 2002
Nigeria, 1998 to 2002
Upon graduation, Umeh served as the Dance Director of Ivory Dance Troupe for five years, directing and producing shows for Guinness, Mobile, Chevron, Seven-Up Bottling Company, etc. After a brief tour to Ghana, she travelled to Paris during the 1998 FIFA World Cup with the soccer team of Nigeria. Becky Umeh launched her singing career and founded her band, and together they produced the album "Aiye". From 1998 to 2001, Umeh co-hosted the TV show Dance Jam Competition. In 2002, following her production of the cultural fiesta Afrifest, where she brought the dance troupes of Africa together, Umeh served as assistant choreographer for the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant and the winner became Miss World 2002. Places where Becky Umeh performed include: the French Cultural Center, the Goethe-Institut, the Nigeria Music Awards, and the federal capital Abuja. She was active in pressing the Nigerian Government to provide artists with forms of support which were not harnessed to the Government's own propaganda goals.
United States, 2002 to present
United States, 2002 to present
• Illustration — Umeh in 2010 Since moving to Washington, D.C. in 2002, Umeh has worked with producers such as Hugh Medrano, Nancy Havlik (stage director) and George Faison (New York choreographer). She has performed for non-profit organisations such as the Red Cross, the Nigerian Embassy, and many cultural centres, universities, and churches. In 2005, Umeh went on tour with Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa to North and South Carolina, Massachusetts, and New York's Syracuse Festival. From 2004 till present, Umeh has continued to work and performed with the Malcolm X Drum Ensemble led by Doc Powel, and volunteered as Community Outreach Coordinator for UAA Foundation, a non-profit organisation with mission to raise awareness about violence against women www.UAAfoundation.org. In 2006, Umeh choreographed the Lion King production sponsored by Metropolitan Fine Arts in Virginia. In 2009 Umeh formed the Zomema Dance Ensemble, which performs traditional and contemporary African dance works under her direction. In 2011, she wrote and published her first stage play "Legend of Abiku Zombeh". Umeh was tapped as language facilitator and choreographer by Richmond University in their seasonal Stage production Things Fall Apart written by Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe.
Choreography
Choreography
• 2002: Gladiator Cheerleaders, for MTN South African Television • 2004: Dancer, for Hispanic Gala Theater in production "Candonbe" • 2006: Lion King for Metropolitan Fine Arts in Virginia • 2008: You think you can dance! (Dance Drama) • 2008: Contemporary Bata • 2009: Benin • 2010: Akoto • 2010: "Sisi" (Soukous; song by Becky Umeh) • 2011: (Actress, choreographer)"Things fall Apart at University of Richmond, Department of Theatre Arts • 2011: Caribbean festival, Adams Morgan day festival and Hispanic Fiesta. • 2011: "Toron" (High Life; song by Becky Umeh) • 2011: "Korofo" (Afrobeat Modern; song by Becky Umeh) • 2012: "Bata Columbia" (Nigerian Bata and Masquerade to Rumba Columbia Music) • 2012: "Butterfly" (High Life; song by Becky Umeh) • 2012: "Ekwe" (Soukous; song by Becky Umeh) • 2012: "Jokale" (Contemporary Nigerian: song by Becky Umeh) • 2013: "Obodo Coupe (Fast past, category- world music) • 2013: "Angels and Demons (Rock style)
Stage
Stage
• 1995: Aruku Shanka by Felix Okolo (Nigeria) • 1999: Trial of Oba Ovoramwen by Bayo Oduneye (Nigeria) • 2000: Obaseki by Pedro Obaseki (Nigeria) • 2004: Candombe! Tango Negro USA • 2011: Things Fall Apart USA • 2012: United Aid for Africa Foundation Concert. NY USA • 2012: United Aid for Africa Concert, Gabon Embassy and Ivory Coast Embassy, Washington DC USA
Television
Television
• 1992: Tales of Moonlight, Nigerian Television Authority • 1998: Dance Jam Competition (co-host) Nigerian Television Authority
Music (as alejo)
Music (as alejo)
• Year — Title — Producer — Publisher • 1998 — Aiye — Nelson Brown • 2000 — Sisi • 2009 — My Creation — Jamix (Abuja Nigeria) — CDBaby • 2010 — Zomema — Jamix (Abuja Nigeria) • 2010 — Mama — Nelson Brown • 2010 — Ayaya — Nkeng — OneMicStudio • 2010 — Stand up — Alejo, Nkeng — OneMicStudio • 2010 — Toron — A.J. Alemanji, Nkeng — OneMicStudio • 2010 — Geleleno — Jamix (Abuja Nigeria)
Film appearances
• 2009: twisted fate
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Shobowale Alder. Alejo prepares for music scene. EKO TODAY, Nigeria. 16 April 2001.
- 2.The Post Express, Nigeria. African Youths Dance for Unity at Afrifest. 2 April 2002.
- 3.THE GUARDIAN (Nigeria). A hard road to travel. 16 June 1999.
- 4.The Post Express, Nigeria. as Alejo Berates Govt. 2 April 2002.
- 5.Armstrong, Lena. Becky Dazzles in Debut. Washington Nigerian Times, DC. January 2003.
- 6.Kristin McGrath. Zomema drummers keep the beat in Columbia Heights. American Observer. 2 October 2009.
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