Tell us about your dance journey 

I started dancing at the age of six, although I had always loved moving and shaking my 
body. Before dance, I played basketball, but it never felt completely right. Every time I 
scored a point, I felt more inclined to finish in a split than to celebrate the goal, and that 
was the moment when my mother, and I, understood that movement was my natural 
language. 
I come from a Nigerian family based in Italy, where Sundays were often moments of 
gathering, celebration, and connection to our culture. Even though we were far from 
Nigeria, those occasions became a way to celebrate who we were, and they were also 
the moments when my desire to move freely and endlessly could truly emerge. 
I began my training in a small dance studio in Tuscany, where I had the opportunity to 
explore a wide range of styles, from ballet, which remains the foundation of my technique, 
to modern jazz, contemporary, flamenco, hip hop, and more. 
At the age of thirteen, after a competition, I received a scholarship to attend one of Italy’s 
leading private dance schools. A year later, at fourteen, I left my family to pursue my 
dream and begin professional training. Those years in Parma were deeply transformative, 
as I learned what it truly means to be a professional in this field. During that time, I 
traveled to the United States, Germany, and France, gaining valuable stage experience. 
While studying in New York at the Ailey School, I realized that choreography deeply 
excited me. I became aware of my desire not only to perform, but also to create and tell 
stories through movement. While still completing my ballet training, I began freelancing as 
a choreographer, working with opera houses, Italian companies, and the fashion industry, 
creating choreography for major brands. Throughout this period, I remained committed to  my dual identity as both a mover and a creator. 
After graduating, I decided to move to the Netherlands to continue my studies at Codarts 
University of the Arts. That same year, after relocating to Rotterdam, I created my first 
work for the Stuttgart Ballet as part of Noverre – Young Choreographers. From that 
moment on, my choreographic path expanded, leading to commissions and 
collaborations with institutions such as the Hamburg Ballet School, the Dutch National 
Ballet Junior Company, and further creations for the Stuttgart Ballet. 
Today, I am building my career as a choreographer while continuing my freelance life as a  dancer, performing as a guest in galas and with companies, always staying deeply 
connected to movement as the core of my artistic practice. 

- Tell us about your time at the Codarts University of Arts 

At Codarts, I learned how my personality could become my main artistic tool. I joined 
directly in the second year, skipping the first, which was more focused on technical 
alignment. From the beginning, I felt free to express myself, as the school does not aim to 
create a single “Codarts type.” 
Being based in the Netherlands, at the center of Europe, allowed me to easily travel and 
watch many companies and performances across different countries, which strongly 
influenced my artistic perspective. Balancing my studies with a growing freelance career 
in Italy was challenging but humbling and deeply worthwhile.In my third year, I toured with Codarts Dance Company, performing in more than thirty- 
five theaters in the Netherlands and abroad. Among all the experiences, two moments 
stand out: my graduation day, seeing how much my classmates and I had grown and 
obtain the bachelor we all be dreaming of, and an experience in Toronto focused on anti- 
racism in the dance world, a subject very close to my identity.