Hakeem Onibudo is a performer, choreographer/director and professional host who began teaching dance in 1995, forming the company Impact Dance. His work has enabled him to work with children, young people, amateurs, semi-professionals and professionals in projects varying from school workshops, TV performances and theatre productions. These include work with BBC TV, Nickelodeon, CH4 (Endemol), ITV, Cosmopolitan Show, Duke of Edinburgh Awards, Royal Ballet School, Royal Opera House, Sadler's Wells and Peacock Theatre to name but a few.

He is also the creator of the unique street-style dance class XPRESS YO'SELF, which has been running at Danceworks for 14 years. Hakeem choreographed the Pet Shop Boy's "Fundamental" World tour for 2006/07. He also worked alongside the Asian Dub Foundation, director Dave Freeman and award winning designer Es Devlin on the English National Opera's Channel 4 commissioned "Gaddafi the Living Myth", which ran at The Coliseum, St Martin's Lane in September 2006. In August 2008, Hakeem directed an original new piece for Zoonation called "Toolie Oolie Doolie" as part of the Trafalgar square festival celebrating the Beijing Olympics. In October 2008 he also directed Atlantic Records Flo Rida's performance of "Low" at the MOBO's at Wembley Arena.

Hakeem is currently developing Hip Hop duets including "Circular Disorientation" which premiered at Breakin' Convention 2007 at Sadler's Wells. Circular Disorientation has also been performed as part of Brief Encounter at Dance Umbrella in conjunction with Scottish Ballet and at FIRSTS at Royal Opera House in the Linbury in October and November 2008 respectively. The concept of Two's A Company is also helping and supporting companies to produce high quality Hip-Hop Theatre work, challenging the theme of "Duet". His most recent work was "Smash" performed at Breakin' Convention 2009 at Sadler’s Wells. Hakeem is currently performing in the highly acclaimed “Into the Hoods” with the company Zoonation.

Hakeem has also recently been made an ambassador for the British Council Cultural Leadership International Development Programme in recognition of his work as a cultural leader.Hakeem has just recently returned from Washington D.C where he was an invited speaker at the annual Dance/USA conference, speaking on behalf of emerging leaders representing Europe.

 

To contact Hakeem Onibudo for any business please email Faye Whitnall on: fwhitnall@hotmail.com