Abdel R. Salaam

**Abdel R. Salaam** mụrụ na Harlem, New York City . Ọ bụ onye na-agụ egwu, onye nduzi, onye na-emepụta ihe, onye ndụmọdụ na onye nkuzi. Ọ na-arụ ọrụ nka kemgbe 1955.   Ọ bụ onye nchoputa na onye nduzi nke Forces of Nature Dance Theatre dị na New York City. Ọ bụkwa onye nduzi nka nke DanceAfrica .     DanceAfrica bụ Chuck Davis (onye na-agba egwu) tọrọ ntọala. Ememme DanceAfrica abụrụla otu n'ime egwu egwu, egwu, na mmemme nka kacha ukwuu na United States of America. Ọtụtụ puku mmadụ na-aga ememme kwa afọ nke na-eme na Brooklyn Academy of Music n'oge ezumike ụbọchị ncheta. Ememme a na-agụnye ahịa ahịa n'èzí, ihe nkiri, egwu, na ụlọ ọrụ. Ọ bụ otu n'ime mmemme egwu kacha ogologo na Brooklyn Academy .  

Na 1981 Abdel Salaam, Olabamidele Di, na onye isi ịgba egwu, Dyane Harvey tọrọ ntọala Forces of Nature Dance Theatre ụlọ ọrụ. Ụlọ ọrụ ịgba egwu dabeere na New York City.  Ọ bụ ngwakọta nke ịgba egwu ọdịnala Africa, egwu ọdịnala na-eji ballet, egwu ọgbara ọhụrụ na hip-hop 

## Ndụ mbido
Abdel gụrụ piano, xylophone, na glockenspiel mgbe ọ dị afọ ise. Mgbe ọ dị afọ itoolu ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ viola oge ochie, na mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na otu, ọ na-egwu alto saxophone. Ọ gara High School of Music and Art na New York City. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1968. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị ọ gara Lehman College na Bronx, New York City. Mgbe ọ na-aga kọleji Lehman, ọ zutere Prọfesọ Joan Miller (onye choreographer) onye na-agba egwu na onye na-agụ egwu. Ọ kpọbatara Abdel n'ime mmemme ịgba egwu mbụ nke kọleji, ọ bụkwa onye ndụmọdụ ya. Ndị nkuzi ịgba egwu dị otú ahụ dị ka Louis Falco, John Parks, Nadine Revine, Miguel Godreau, Chuck Davis na ya na Joan Miller bụ ndị nkuzi na mmemme nzere ngalaba ịgba egwu e hiwere ọhụrụ. Ọ na-ekwu na Joan Miller bụ mmetụta nke nyere aka n'ịkpụzi ozi ya na nkwenye ya maka nka na ịgba egwu. Ọrụ ya na nkwenye ya iji nkà na-eme ka ọha mmadụ, ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, na gburugburu ebe obibi nkwupụta nke na-akwalite nkwekọ na mbara ala na gburugburu ebe obibi, na nsogbu anyị na nsogbu dị ka ndị mmadụ.  

## Ọrụ
Mgbe Abdel Salaam na-agụ akwụkwọ na Lehman College Abdel ghọrọ onye isi ịgba egwu na ndị egwuregwu Joan Miller Chamber Arts Dance. Na mmalite ọrụ ya ọ rụrụ dị ka ụkpụrụ ya na Fred Benjamin Dance Company, Ron Pratt's Alpha Omega 1-7 Theatrical Dance Company, na Otis Sallid's New Art Ensemble. Mgbe e mesịrị ọ ghọrọ Associate Artistic Director maka Chuck Davis Dance Company. Nke na-eme n'ime. Ọ bụkwa onye omenkà ọbịa na ụlọ ọrụ American Contemporary Ballet yana ya na ụlọ ihe nkiri Contemporary Chamber Dance.

N'afọ 1981, Abdel mebere Forces of Nature Dance Theater ya na onye otu ya bụ Olabamidele Di na nwunye ya, onye bụbu onye isi ịgba egwu Dyane Harvey.

N'ime afọ 80's Abdel bụ onye nnọchi anya ọgbakọ mba ụwa nke ndị Artists for Ecology nke emere na Sundance Institute na Utah. Ọ bụ onye so na ọgbakọ gbasara nka ụwa nke atọ emere na European Theatre na Oxford, England. Nakwa na 80s o sonye na Ememme 12th Annual Festival for Peace na Moscow, Russia.

N'afọ 1988, Reverend James Parks Morton nyere Abdel onye isi na Katidral St. John the Divine ka o mepụta Mass Episcopal Africa maka ụka site na iji ịgba egwu, egwu na olu.

Ọ bụ onye nnọchi anya ọdịnala ọdịnala nke Mahadum Brooklyn na Dance Umbrella/Dance Alive Festival. Emere mmemme a na Johannesburg, South Africa .

A zụrụ Abdel n'ịgba egwu ọgbara ọhụrụ, ụdị ịgba egwu Afro-Caribbean na nke America, ballet, jazz, ịgba egwu ọdịnala Africa, na nka ịgba egwu. Forces of Nature Dance Theatre na-enye Kwanzaa kwa afọ na ihe nkiri Apollo na Harlem. Tupu ịkwaga Kwanzaa na Apollo ọ bụ na Aaron Davis Hall na New York City.     Ụlọ ọrụ Forces of Nature Dance Theatre tọrọ ntọala na 1981. Na 1990 Forces of Nature Dance Theatre ụlọ ọrụ yana Alvin Ailey Dance ụlọ ọrụ na-edu ngagharị n'oge Nelson na Winnie Mandela nleta akụkọ ihe mere eme na New York City.

Na 2015 Abdel ghọrọ onye isi nka maka DanceAfrica site n'aka Chuck Davis bụ onye bidoro DanceAfrica na 1977. Ememme a na-ebute ndị na-ese ihe si Africa, ndị mba Africa na ndị na-ese ihe na ụlọ ọrụ ịgba egwu obodo na ndị na-ese ihe na ndị na-agba egwú si United States of America.   

N'afọ 2016, ụlọ ọrụ ịgba egwu ihe nkiri ya bụ Forces of Nature mere akụkụ atọ nke PBS "Great Performances". Ihe onyonyo pụrụ iche na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ịgba egwu ojii na narị afọ nke 20. Ihe onyonyo pụrụ iche bụ 'Free to Dance'. Ụlọ ọrụ ịgba egwú ya bụ akụkụ nke ihe nkiri ihe nkiri nke National Association of Black Museums na mmetụta nke egwú African American na omenala Western. Akpọrọ ọrụ a 'Mgbe Mmụọ Na-aga'. Ụlọ ọrụ ịgba egwu bụkwa akụkụ nke ihe ngosi na Smithsonian Institution na Washington, DC.  

Abdel Salaam bụkwa onye nduzi nka nke ememme DanceAfrica nke Brooklyn, onye isi Harlem Children's Zone/Forces of Nature Youth Academy of Dance, na onye isi nka nke mmemme Kwanzaa kwa afọ na Apollo Theatre na Harlem. 

Ọ nọ na ngalaba ikike nke Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Chuck Davis Dance Academy na Lehman College. Ugbu a ọ bụ onye nduzi maka Mpaghara ụmụaka Harlem na Forces of Nature Youth Academy of Dance, na Wellness na St. Martin's Episcopal Church na Harlem.

## Ebe nkiri ihe nkiri
Theaterworks USA dị ka onye na-egwu egwu maka: "Sundiata, Eze ọdụm nke Mali" nke David Schecter duziri.

Choreography maka " Measure for Measure " nke Michael Rudman duziri na New York Shakespeare Festival's nke emere na Delacorte Theatre na Lincoln Center, New York City.

Choreography maka "Pecong" duziri Dennis Zacek mere na Newark Symphony Hall .

Ihe ngosi ihe nkiri ya dị ka onye nduzi na onye na-egwu egwu gụnyere: "Ju-Ju Man" na Billie Holiday Theatre na Brooklyn . "Ụwa ndị nna ochie" na Apollo Theatre na New York.

"Ebony Magic" na Ụlọ ihe nkiri Aaronow na New York City.

"Ụbọchị Satọde dị ụtọ", nke bụ njegharị obodo 20 nke Gordon Crowe Productions mepụtara.

"American Griot" na Triplex Theatre na New York, New York.

## Ebe E Si Nweta Television
Choreographer maka:

"Mmụọ okike", WNET Channel Iri na Atọ

"Mkwupụta na ojii: Akụkọ nke ndị mmadụ", maka WABC

"The Caribbean Music Awards", maka BET Global Syndication

"Ememme St Francis" na Katidral St. John the Divine

WNET Channel iri na atọ, "Ụmụ nwanyị mara mma nke Mufaro."

WNET Channel Iri na Atọ; "Arụmọrụ dị ukwuu: ike nke okike."

Telemundo telivishọn, Mexico City

"Nhọrọ ndị nkatọ: Abdel Salaam", Gala TV (Mexico)

Abdel pụtara na ihe nkiri Richard Pryor dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri.

Nnukwu arụmọrụ "American Dance Festival."

## Ọrụ ndị ama ama

* "Eclipse: Ọhụụ nke Crescent na Cross."  Abdel kọwara 'Eclipse' dị ka "njem choreo nke na-enyocha esemokwu na myirịta dị n'etiti Islam na Iso Ụzọ Kraịst, site na Agha Ntụte gaa n'ihu." 
* "The Life and Legend of Marie Laveau ". Ọrụ ihe nkiri ịgba egwu banyere onye ụkọchukwu voodoo New Orleans sitere na narị afọ nke 18. 
* "Na-apụta site n'ụbọchị" 
* "Nzọụkwụ nke Mbụ: Ịgba egwu na Mmeri Ọhụrụ" 
* "Ode to Brahma"
* "Ụdị ime ụwa" 
* "Legacy Rhythm: The Living Books; Akwụkwọ IV: Legacy Club and Beyond" 
* "Ụwa ndị nna ochie" 
* "Agwọ asaa"
* "Osisi Rhythm"
* "Ndị nche ọhịa"

## Ihe nrite na nkwanye ugwu

* 1987 - Akara DanceAfrica na Choreography
* 1989 - American Choreographer nke Afọ nhọpụta
* 1991 ruo 1993 - Choreography - Mmekọrịta sitere na National Endowment for Arts
* 1994 ruo 1996 - Choreography - Mmekọrịta sitere na National Endowment for Arts
* 1992 - Ihe nrite nke eze eze maka ọganiihu pụtara ìhè na ịgba egwu sitere na National Council for Arts & Culture
* 1994 - Kọleji Lehman - Ihe nrite ncheta afọ Silver maka mmezu pụtara ìhè na Choreography, nkuzi na arụmọrụ.
* 2000 - Ihe nrite mmezu ndụ ndụ ka mma nke ezinụlọ na nka
* 2003 ruo 2007 - Artist in Residence, Tennessee Performing Art Center
* 2004 - New York Foundation maka Arts ibe 
* 2007 - DanceAfrica Award na Choreography
* 2013 - 41st kwa afọ Audelco Award maka Ọkachamma na Black Theater dị ka ụlọ ọrụ ịgba egwu nke afọ
* 2017 - Onyinye Bessie na agba egwu maka 'Healing Seven' 

## Nkwuta okwu
"Mmụọ m na-ebuli elu site na Art na ụwa nke Dance! Dance na Divine bụ Otu!" "Ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ amaghị na e nwere nnukwu ịgba egwu ọgbara ọhụrụ na kọntinent Africa na ọtụtụ n'ime ya bụ postmodern."

"Ọtụtụ n'ime mmegharị ahụ sitere n'isi nke iwere omenala ọdịnala kama ịgbalị iṅomi ihe a zụlitere gị, ọ bụ ikwu okwu n'oge a banyere mkpali nke omenala Africa ka anyị na-ewere asụsụ ọdịnala anyị wee tụgharịa ya ka ọ bụrụ ihe ọzọ. ọgbara ọhụrụ m chere na DanceAfrica kwesịrị igosipụta ọtụtụ iyi egwu na egwu Africa." Abdel R. Salaam

## Ntụaka

## Njikọ mpụga

* Na-agba egwu Africa Abdel R. Salaam Talks Carrying Forward Baba Chuck Davis' Legacy | BK Live
* Ajụjụ nke obi umeala (Ndị agha nke okike)
* Ajụjụ ọnụ nke ihu Avitar Face 2 na Abdel Salaam
* Baba Chuck Davis Ememe Ncheta
* Ajụjụ ọnụ BAM afọ 150 na Abdel R. Salaam
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