Okwui Okpokwasili

Okwui Okpokwasili ( /ˈ oʊ k w i oʊk ˈp oʊk wəsɪli / ;​​​[1] amuru August 6, 1972) bu onye Naijiria-Amerika omenkà, onye na-eme ihe nkiri, onye na-agụ egwu na onye edemede. . Ihe omume ya dị iche iche na- akara ya n'ihe nkiri, ọ na-amakirikwa ọrụ ya dị ka "nkwụsị nke ihe nkiri, ịgba egwu, na-egosi." Ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ ya ihe ndị na-eso ụzọ. O nwera isi na ebe nchekwa omenala na ihe mere eme na otú echiche echiche si ihu ahụ ndị Africa.
A Minis Okpokwasili August 6, 1972 na The Bronx, New York, ada ndị Igbo Nigeria kwabatara na United States iji gbanarị agha obodo Naijiria na-achọ 1960s. [1] [2] Ọ gara Mahadum Yale, ebe ọ zutere onye na-ese ihe nkiri Andrew Rossi, onye mere akwụkwọ nchọpụta ibe ya Bronx Gothic .
Okpokwasili abụrụla onye bụ isi na egwu egwu New York. A maara ya maka ọtụtụ ihe omume otu n'ibu maka ebe ya na Ralph Lemon na Peter Born, di ya. Amụrụ na-eduzi ma chepụta ọkụ na nhazi maka mmemme Okpokwasili.
A ịkụ ya maka ọrụ ya na vidiyo egwu nke Jay-Z 's album 4:44 nke TNEG mebere, ụlọ ọrụ nke Arthur Jafa hiwere
N'April 2017, ọ nwere na Mass MOCA, na-azaghachi ọrụ nrụnye dị ukwuu nke Nick Cave Ruo mgbe ọ na-agba egwu na saịtị. Ihe omume ahụ bụ nke Jacob Pillow Dance na-akwado; onye choreographer Bill T. Jones nke mbụ na usoro ndị nka na-azaghachi na nke nke Cave
.Ọ gbara nke KK na ihe nkiri Josephine Decker nke 2018, Madeline's Madeline
N'akwari ihe nkiri, Okpokwasili ụkwụ nke Hippolyta na ike Julie Taymor's 2013 nke Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream .
Na 2023, Okpokwasili gbara egwu na Exorcist: Believer n'akụkụ Leslie Odom, Jr.
Nke a bụ akwụkwọ mbụ ya na di ya ajụjụ. meri ihe nrite 2010 New York Dance Award na 2009 Performance Bessie Award maka Mmepụta pụta ìhè. N'ịdabere na nne na nwa, ọrụ ahụ weere echiche omenala na ụgbọ
N'ime nkeji 90 nke otu nwanyị otu nwanyị nke ọ mekwara choreograph, Okpokwasili na-egwu ụmụ agbọghọ ojii abụọ na-ekwu maka itolite, inwe mmetụta adịghị ike, na ịchọpụta mmekọahụ. Ka ndị na-ege ntị na-abata, ọ nọlarị n'elu ikpo okwu ma na-ama jijiji n'ime oghere gbara ọchịchịrị. N'ikpeazụ, ọ malitere ikwu okwu nke ụmụ agbọghọ abụọ ahụ na mkparịta ụka.
Ozi ahụ bụ isiokwu nke akwụkwọ akụkọ Andrew Rossi na-ekerịta aha nke ọrụ. [1] Ihe nkiri ahụ na-enye ìhè usoro nke ọrụ ahụ; vidiyo vidiyo Okpokwasili na-aza sitere n'aka ndị na-ege ntĩm mgbe ọ na-elegharị anya na mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ, na ikpe ụka ziri ezi ya na di ya akwụkwọ; ma gosi ndị edemede ya na omume ha na nka ya. [2] Onye nkatọ omenala Hilton Als toro mpempe a na nyọcha 2017 nke ọnụ ụlọ TV ndị ogbenye . [3] Danspace Project na Performance Space 122 nyere ikike ikike na 2014
.Otu egwuregwu na-agụnye ụmụ asaa na-egwu egwu, na-ekwu okwu, na ịgba egwu, a na-arụ ọrụ a na akwụkwọ dị n'okpuru ala nke Fort Jay na Governors Island na July 2016 dị ka nke The Osimiri ruo River Festival . [1] Ihe omume a na-eme ajụjụ gbasara ihe mere eme Naijiria dịka ọ gbasara anụmanụ e jiri wulite ọnụ ụlọ TV ndị ogbenye . [2] N'ime oge awa abụọ nke ihe omume ahụ, a na-ahapụ ndị na-ege ntĩ ka haghe oghere nke ọgba aghara ndị agha, ebe ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na-agagharị n'ime oghere ohere. [1] Ọ bụ Lower Manhattan Cultural Council nyere ọrụ ahụ
Ụbọchị a tụlere isiokwu nke ndị mmegide ụmụ na Nigeria, kpọmkwem agha ụmụ na 1929, mgbe obodo ahụ nọ n'okpuruokpuru Britain, na-ekiri ụmụ manta 300 n'akwụkwọ akwụkwọ na 2014 site n'aka ndị Boko Haram . [1] Njikọ nke ọrụ a, Okpokwasili ,yọkwara ụlọ ọrụ ihe nkiri na Nigeria, nke a mara dị ka Nollywood, na- ihe nkiri nke ụmụ na sinima ebe omenala Africa na Western na-azụ.
Njụajụjụ ọnụ ya na Jenn Joy maka akwụkwọ ozi bombu, Okpokwasili kwuru na mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ "bụ maka akara isi dị egwu nke m na-enwe mgbe ihe mere mere - ka esemokwu ụmụ anụmanụ site na Boko Haram na agha ụmụ na Nigeria Watch m nke doro anya. ụmụnwanyị dị egwu na ugwu Nigeria bụ ndị gbanyụ imenye mgba ha ihere iji ghaghachi ụmụ 300 a tọọrọ n'Afrika akụ ndị na-achị achị na ndị na-emegbu ma ọ bụ ndị na-eche. arụ na-ewulite mkpokọta na ndị ma na-alụ ogụ ka a na-ahụ anya Achọghị m ime akwụkwọ ndị - mana achọghị m ka ndị inyom a, ma , ma ọ bụ m bụ visibiti.
O kwupụtala dị ka nnukwu nna onye na-ede akwụkwọ ọmụmụ Naijiria bụ Amos Tutuola, bụ onye a ma maka ihe nkiri nke omenala Yoruba n'akwa ya.
The research Okpokwasili dechara maka Ogbenye TV Room na-agwakwa Ịnọdụ na isi nwoke, ọrụ onye na-ese ihe gosipụtara na 2018 Berlin Biennale.
Okpokwasili anatala ọtụtụ onyinye nturu ugo Bessie maka ihe ngosi ya, ndị na-akwa ndị o degoro wee onwe ya. Na 2018, a nlele ya MacArthur Fellow, onyunyo a ma ama "Genius Award" ezubere iji mee ka ndị nnata nwee ike ịkụ nkà ha.