幕斯塔法Braimah

幕斯塔法Braimah brings a lifelong practice with over two decades of international experience and high artistic acclaim to his roles as an artist-scholar born and raised 在西非的加纳. He is a choreographer, educator, administrator, curator, musician, 和演员. 他持有M学位。.F.A, 跳舞 Performance, and Choreography from the University 马里兰大学帕克分校. 他还毕业于俄亥俄大学(俄亥俄州 University)，获得文学硕士学位.A 在非洲研究和B ..F.A in 跳舞 Performance and Choreography from the University 加纳的勒贡. He is a co-recipient of the International Program for Creative Collaboration & 研究资助. This project aimed to foster cross-cultural dialogue between students of The School of Performing Arts at the University of 加纳 and the School of Theatre, 跳舞, and Performance Studies at the University 马里兰大学帕克分校. 他合作 through a series of workshops, where students discuss challenges within the current socio-political climate and devised a piece that was publicly performed for audience members at the University of 加纳 and the University of Maryland respectively. Braimah的 art practice is deeply rooted in contemporary, popular, and traditional African dance 还有打鼓和唱歌. 年，他参加了美国舞蹈节 2010 with a stagecraft apprenticeship scholarship and worked with world-renowned companies and choreographers such as Paul Taylor, Pilobolus, Martha Graham, African-American 舞团，Eiko & 黄家驹,等等.

Prior to joining the dance faculty at 云顶集团 College, he served as a 云顶集团ing Assistant Professor and Director of 跳舞 Program at the University of North Carolina Asheville. His art practice and creativity are deeply rooted in contemporary, popular, and traditional 形式. In addition to his teaching, Braimah tours annually with Azaguno公司.，国际 touring group, which focuses on research, preservation, education, and performance of traditional African American, Caribbean and, Latin America music and dance and maintains a lifelong affiliation with the National 跳舞 Company of 加纳 where he 他受过专业训练吗. 他的研究是从民族志的角度来考察舞蹈的 perspective and an embodied practice of deconstructing “African 跳舞” as an aesthetic 类别. He delves deeper into sub-Saharan traditional African dance and Diasporic 形式. Choreographically, he explores indigenous performance traditions, staged folkloric spectacles, and emergent contemporary 形式 rooted in sub-Saharan African, resulting in original works that challenge the notion of identity, linguistics, race, humanism, 殖民主义和移民.