Bio
BIography
Sunday Ozegbe Obiajulu popularly called ‘Valu’ is a Dancer, Choreographer, Activist, Curator, Artist, and Community Organizer based in Lagos Nigeria.
He completed his training in Dance from QDance Center ikoyi, Lagos under the tutelage of world renowned Dancer/Choreographer Qudus Onikeku in 2017.
His works are usually weaved around social issues and he uses his dance to constantly speak truth to power. This earned him features in Mainstream media like BBC world, Wiro News and Aljazeera in 2021.
Sunday Ozegbe Obiajulu is also certified in Artististic Activism after completing a training with the Center for Artististic Activism based in New York at Conakry in 2017.
He featured as a dancer on ‘Reincarnation’, a full length dance piece choreographed by Qudus Onikeku which premiered at the Centre Pompidou, Paris in January 2021 and also went on a European and West African Tour Through out 2021.
He is a recipient of the Prince Claus Seed Award 2021 by the Prince Claus Fund and was awarded the most innovative Nigerian Dancer by the Guild of Nigerian Dance Practitioners in December 2021.
Sunday Ozegbe Obiajulu Is presently the Artistic Director at Ennovate Dance House, a collective of Hyper Creative Dance Artists based in Lagos Nigeria. He is also the Founder and Co-Curator of renowned Community Art event known as Slum Party.
Valu has Performed, given lectures and workshops in Countries like France, Ghana,Germany, Togo, USA, Burkina Faso, Italy, Namibia, Canada, Guinea-Conakry, Belgium, Greece, Slovenia, Switzerland and more. In December 2022 he performed at the Royal Palace Amsterdam with 5 Dancers from his company Ennovate Dance House while also premiering his first independent choreographic created tagged “Afro Communal Offering” that same year.
Valu as he is fondly called believes strongly in using dance as a tool for social and community development.
Trained under/ Worked with:
Qudus Onikeku (Nigeria)
Keng Seng Ong (Singapore)
Onye Ozuzu (USA)
Horacio Macaucau (Mozambique)
Seifeddine Manai (Tunisia)
Steve Lambert (USA)
