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Edoheart

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Edoheart
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenNigeria Edit
Name in native languageEseohe Arhebamen Edit
Birth nameEseohe Arhebamen Edit
Ein date of birth1981 Edit
Place dem born amZaria Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationartist Edit
Educate forUniversity of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Edit
Eye colorbrown Edit
Hair colorblack hair Edit
Personal pronounL484 Edit

Eseohe Arhebamen anaa Eseohe Arhebamen-Yamasaki, alias Edoheart (dem born am as Obehioye Eseohe Ikhianose Oghomwenyenmwen Cleopatra Anne Arhebamen), be poet, dancer, singer, musician, producer, performance artist den visual artist.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Dem born Eseohe for Zaria, Nigeria[8] wey she dey komot from royal family of de Benin Empire. Eseohe Arhebamen ein maternal grandmummie be Princess Theresa Maria Nodumwenben Osazuwa, princess of de Edo people.[9][10] Eseohe Arhebamen ein great-grandpoppie Osazuwa Eredia, na Princess Theresa Osazuwa ein poppie, be de Oba N’Ugu den Enogie of Umoghumwun, wey emake Eseohe Arhebamen royal descendant den princess. "De foundation of de kingdom of Ugu, plus ein capital at Umoghumwun wey dem trace am go Prince Idu, de eldest son of Oba Eweka I."[11][12]

Ein Early life

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Eseohe Arhebamen be de oldest of five siblings wey she frequently play parental role for dema upbringing. At de age of seven[13] Eseohe ein family migrate go de United States wey dem settle for Detroit, Michigan. At age 17 she enroll insyd de University of Michigan at de Residential College. Although dem strongly encourage am say make she pursue medicine as career path, Eseohe instead follow ein passion for poetry, language den de arts. As undergraduate student Eseohe focus for literary means den performance top as way wey go affect social change.[14][15] As she dey University of Michigan, she win prestigious awards give ein writing[6][16] wey she dey University of Michigan Anthology of Hopwood Award winners insyd.[17]

Ein Career

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As she be 19 years old, Eseohe earn position as Writer-in-Residence plus InsideOut Literary Arts insyd Detroit, Michigan way she work plus kiddies insyd impoverished inner-city schools say she go expand demma literary skills. After say she move go New York insyd 2003, Eseohe form de company EdoHeart alias Edoheart wey ecam turn ein performance name. Eseohe Arhebamen be synonymous plus Edoheart.

Butoh vocal theatre

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Eseohe Arhebamen be de first indigenous den native-born African butoh performer. In addition, Eseohe Arhebamen be de first performer wey combine butoh dance plus singing, talking, mudra, sign language, spoken word, den experimental vocalizations after de traditional dance styles of de Edo people of West Africa. She refers to this dance style as Butoh-Vocal Theatre. Eseohe Arhebamen's Butoh-Vocal Theatre style arises out of her work in poetry, music and the traditional Edo theater in which performers dance and sing simultaneously, and is influenced by her expressed belief in a common lingual history between the Edo people of Nigeria and the Japanese. On 26 September 2010 Eseohe gave a performance at a Yukio Waguri intensive workshop demonstrating her style of Butoh-Vocal Theatre during which she danced butoh while singing Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Ein Marriage

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Insyd 2006, Eseohe marry ein long tym sweetheart Seth Yamasaki, wey be son of Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Taro Yamasaki, den grandson of Minoru Yamasaki, Japanese-American architect wey be best known for designing de World Trade Center. De two dey stay insyd Brooklyn, New York.

Ein Poetry books

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  • 2003: Seeding de Clouds (Ornithology Press)

Ein Discography

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  • 2019: Okada 8000 (Edoheart & Nick Hook)
  • 2019: 1H (Edoheart)
  • 2018: Raw Cash Remix (Edoheart)
  • 2018: Na Fiya Ft. Masterkraft (Edoheart)
  • 2017: Majokko Olokun (Edoheart)
  • 2013: Edoheart – Sosomoneycockplease EP (Akwaaba Music)
  • 2012: Get As E Be - EP (Edoheart)
  • 2010: Shchedryk Avant Remix (Clinical Archives)
  • 2010: Monsoon in Ibadan (Clinical Archives)
  • 2010: Wa Domo Edo (Edoheart)
  • 2009: De Hunger Artist (Eseohe)

Ein Film den video

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Ein Anthologies den catalogues

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  • 2009: Diverse Universe Festival 2005–2009, Academia Gustaviana Selts Mty
  • 2009: Low Lives, Jorge Rojas
  • 2009: Kunsti Aastaraamat, Parnu Linnavalitsuse kultuuriosakond (Cultural Department of Parnu City Government), Printon Printing House
  • 2009: 세계 실험예술의 메카, 홍대 앞 - 인터넷서점 인터파크도서
  • 2006: The Hopwood Awards: 75 Years of Prized Writing, University of Michigan Press
  • 2006: De New Spend Less Revolution, Harriman House

Ein Awards

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  • 2012: Tisch School of de Arts Department Sponsored Tuition Award, New York University
  • 2006: Poet of de Day, Poets Against de War
  • 2002: Environmental Justice Initiative First Place Award, University of Michigan
  • 2002: College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational National Champion First Place, University of Michigan Team
  • 2000: Writer-in-Residence, InsideOut Literary/Arts Project
  • 2000: Arthur Miller Award (Fiction)
  • 2000: Jeffrey L. Weisberg Memorial Prize in Poetry
  • 2000: Hopwood Minor Poetry Award
  • 2000: Hopwood Underclassmen Fiction Award
  • 1998: Residential College Fellowship, University of Michigan

References

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  1. ↑ "Exclusive Interview Inside "For The Love – EP" With Nigerian Born Artist Edoheart". Demand Africa. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Kressa, Kaarel (24 April 2009). "Viies esituskunsti festival Diverse Universe meenutab maailma mitmekesisust". Eesti Payaleht. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Kivila, Marian (28 April 2009). "Pärnu kunstihallis kohtusid nüüdisaegne tants ja macho-metal". Pärnu Postimees. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Kivila, Marian (8 May 2009). "Ikka teel". SIRP Eesti Kultuurileht Number 18 (3251). Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  5. ↑ 정, 영주 (3 September 2008). "국내 최대 실험예술 축제 열린다". Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Keralis, Spencer (4 April 2011). "Eseohe Arhebamen". 12 Questions. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  7. ↑ Lebrave, Benjamin (31 August 2010). "Huuuuuuge: Edoheart - Akwaaba Music". Akwaaba Music. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "What's it like to live in Africa?". Talking Point. BBC News. 4 June 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Paldrok, Al (2009). "Eseohe Arhebamen". Diverse Universe Performance Festival. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  10. ↑ Ebegbulem, Simon (3 March 2007). "Nigeria: Help! Wicked People Have Sold Our Farmlands, Now We Have Nothing to Live On". Vanguard. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  11. ↑ Osadolor Osarhieme, Benson (23 July 2001). The Military System of Benin Kingdom, c.1440 - 1897 (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). University of Hamburg, Germany. p. 77. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  12. ↑ Eweka, E. B. (1992). Evolution of Benin Chieftaincy Titles. Benin City: Uniben Press. pp. 124–125.
  13. ↑ Wong, Cyril (November 2005). "Eseohe Arhebamen". Softblow. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  14. ↑ Brill, Marta (7 April 2000). ""Night" march on Diag goes co-ed". The Michigan Daily. Archived from the original on 12 September 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  15. ↑ "The Environmental Justice Poetry Slam Ann Arbor, MI". Environmental Justice Initiative. The University of Michigan - School of Natural Resources & Environment. 21 November 2002. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  16. ↑ Mendler, Janet Nellis (3 May 2000). "Students share more than $120,000 in writing awards". University of Michigan News Service. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  17. ↑ Delbanco, Nicholas; Beauchamp, Andrea; Barrett, Michael (2006). The Hopwood Awards: 75 Years of Prized Writing. The University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472069268. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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