Resume
Aku Kadogo
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
BACHELOR OF ARTS (1976)
Gallatin
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
2013
Director
Art X Detroit
Bill Harris’ Booker T and Them
2012
Faculty
Yongin University
Yongin, S. Korea
Taught Acting and Movement, devised
OTL, an original work with student.
2011
Faculty
Yongin University
Directed The Who’s TOMMY, and devised HOPE
Director
Twelve Singing Animals
LATT
Seoul, S. Korea
2006-2010
Faculty
Wayne State University
Directed FLOW by Will Power;
Zora is My Name, Black Nativity,
Night Scales by Chris Tysh;
The Talented Tenth, Joe Turner has Come and Gone
The Adventures of a Black
Girl in Search of God, for colored girls...
Taught World Performance Studies
Intro to Black Theatre, Black Dramatic Literature
2010
Art Director
Mike-E (Ellison)
Stamina (music video)
2009
Performer
SUM by David Eagleman with Brian Eno
Luminous Festival, Sydney Opera House
Director
God is Not an American
Jessica Care Moore
2008
Associate Director
Les Miserables
Director
The Cat that Walked by Himself by Peter Winkler
1998-2006
Associate
RENT
Choreographer
Sydney,Australia; China, United States touring
2004
Creative Director
Singing For That Country with Tyree Guyton
City of Sydney’s Art and About Festival
2002
Artist in Residence
New York University Gallatin School
2000
Choreographer
Paralympics Opening Festival
Sydney
2000
Creative Director
Ochre & Dust
commissioned by Perth and Adelaide International Festival
of the Arts, South Pacific Festival, Noumea, New Caledonia
1997- 1999
Director
IPHIS opera by Elena Kats-Chernin with Music Theatre of
Sydney
1997
Director
The Lyre Bird by Matthew Doyle
Belvoir St. Theatre
1993-1994
Actor
The Crucible
Directed by Richard Wherret for Sydney Theatre Company
1992
Animateur
Australia Day Celebration
Seville, Spain World Expo
1991-1992
Actor
LIFT OFF
Australian Children’s Television Foundation
1991
Co-Director/
CAFE LE CHAT NOIR by Robyn Archer
Choreographer
Brisbane Biennale of Music
1989
Choreographer
Young Einstein (film)
Yahoo Serious
1988
Actor/Co Writer
AKWANSO Fly South
Directed by Robyn Archer
1976-1978
Actor/Dancer
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when
the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
Broadway, Los Angeles, Australia national tour
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
2008
Artistic Director
FUZE the MUZE
Detroit, MI
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
2006
Artistic Director
Connect the Dots
Heidelberg Project Annual Festival Detroit, MI
1994 / 1995
Artistic Director
GIRL’S NIGHT OUT
Sydney, AUS
Belvoir St Theatre
1995
Artistic Director
OPEN HOUSE
Belvoir St, Theatre
1993
Co-Artistic Director
PERFORMING ARTS PROJECT NYC
The Valley Inc.
New York City
1986
Artistic Director
MIMI, TRACKIN’
Sydney, AUS
1985
STOMPING GROUND
1984
Aboriginal / Islander Dance Theatre, Sydney
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011-2013
Acting, Movement Studies
Yongin University S. Korea
2006 – 2011
World Performance Studies
Wayne State University
2006 – 2011
Intro to Black Theatre
Wayne State University
2006 – 2011
Black Dramatic Literature
Wayne State University
2005
SPARK Mentor
Youth Arts Queensland
Mentor Initiative
2003
Creative Movement
Language Acquisition Through Theatre
(LATT) summer camp
Seoul, South Korea
2003
Motivational Writing
NAISDA Dance College
1997-2000
Dance Workshops
L’ecole du musique
Noumea, New Caledonia
1991
Movement / Dance
Australian International Workshop
Festival Adelaide, South Australia
1991 / 1990
Dance
Australian Association for Dance Educators
1978 / 1988
Dunham, Afro Creative
Aboriginal / Islander Skills Development Scheme
Dance Living History
Principal Teacher, Course Coordinator, Sydney
1983
Theatre in Education,
James Cook University
Acting, Movement
Townsville, Qld
GRANTS, AWARDS, COMMITTEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2009
Private Grant to travel 3 USA students from WSU to Australia from LINKS
Great Lakes Chapter , Detroit
2008
National Performance Network Artist of Color Residency Grant
for Will Power Wayne State University
2006 - 2011
Program Committee
Member Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)
2004
Project Grant Australia Council
Singing for that Country City of Sydney
2003
Research & Development Myer Foundation Grant
Singing for that Country
1997
Grant Recipient Development and Production FRENZY,
Australia Council
1997
Commission OCHRE & DUST, Adelaide Festival
1994
Grant Recipient Trainee Artistic Director Belvoir St Theatre
Australia Council
1991
Grant Recipient Performance Project NIKI NALI
Australia Council
1989 / 1990
Grant Recipient Development Grant MY DRESS HANGS HERE
Australia Council
1989 / 1991
Committee Member
International Theatre Institute, Sydney
1987 / 1991
Committee Member
Cultural Grants Advisory Committee
Office of the Minister of the Arts New South Wales
1987
Grant Recipient Travel Grant to ITI Conference, Havana, Cuba
1986
Grant Recipient Participant Composer/Choreographer Course
Christchurch, New Zealand
1976
Actor OBIE Award for colored girls…
DISCOGRAPHY
1990
0-9 Children’s Series
Vocalist
ABC Records
1991
‘My Dress Hangs Here’
Vocalist / Lyricist
Film ‘Backsliding’
PUBLICATIONS
2010
Night Scales by Chris Tysh
2007
Essay: Heidelberg Art and About
WSU Press
Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton’s Heidelberg Project