Robert Ajwang'

Robert Ajwang', Musician and Dancer

Lecturer, Dance
Department of Theater
Office: 106 Hopkins Center
Office phone: 603-646-3218
Email: Robert.Ajwang@dartmouth.edu

Courses

• Theater 10: Performing Migration:  Collaborations in Theatre, Music and Dance

Robert Ombalassasa Ajwang' is a musician, dancer, and choreographer from northern Tanzania. He received his early dance education through performing in local ceremonies and rituals and went on to study East African music and dance at the College of Arts in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Since moving to the U.S. in 1999, he has performed and/or taught workshops in Georgia, Florida, California, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. He has also taught as a guest lecturer at Makerere University in Uganda, and his choreographed version of Malivata was performed at the National Theatre of Uganda in 2004. In the summer of 2008, he participated in Eti! East Africa Speaks!, a residency of East African performing artists at Dartmouth College and in New York City. Most recently, he performed his original choreography at the Centre X Centre festival in Kigali, Rwanda, and in Kampala, Uganda. He holds an MFA in dance from Bennington College.