Okurut George
Okurut George aka B Boy Skater George is a dancer from Pader District, Uganda. He joined Northern Uganda Hip Hop Culture, which is a community-based organization and Hip-Hop movement found in Kitgum Northern Uganda where he got more mentorship on the basic leadership skills, and knowledge in 2012, he was one of the participants of the Northern Hip Hop Camp. He is a co-founder of Inspire Me Africa Initiative in 2015 and which hosts an annual Hip-hop event called Beyond the Beat event in Kitgum, Northern Uganda. He moved to Kampala in 2015 and began with discovering Yoga, Acroyoga, and Meditation.
His Journey as a Yoga, Acroyoga and Meditation teacher started in 2017 when he was with the group of street kids in Kitgum and in other slums around Uganda. In 2019, He co-founded Swing Dance Uganda in the year 2012 After practicing yoga for three years then in 2018, he got certified on 60hrs Children’s Yoga Teacher Training Course – Satyananda Tradition under Yoga Pura Vida in Tanzania. In 2019, he continued the journey of developing peace through joining World Peace Initiative and he participated in Amandla Youth Fellowship in Rwanda organized by Peace Revolution, from there he went ahead by achieving 300hr Yoga Teacher Training at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (Yoga University) in India and at the same yoga university, he got certified as Yoga Instructor for Diabetes Movement. So now Okurut George has reached out to an organization like 22 Stars Kids Foundation which he is an ambassador, New Hope Dance Project, Meeting Point Acoli Quarters Banda, Arc Charity Foundation in Jinja, Kisenyi Slum Yoga in Kisenyi behind Owino market, Starface Academy in Gulu, Heart of Dance Rhythm in Nsambya, and Ayiko Dance De Circus African Art Project in Kampala, Where he teaches community classes and guiding children in creating empowering ideas that investigate identity and community through a social justice framework.
In 2020, he won a gold medal at Best Male Yoga Contest Categories. Ever since then he has never looked back and worked with different Non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations during community outreach and sensitization programs.
Produktion:
People
- Adilso Machado
- Ahmed Soura
- Aimée Lagrange
- Alex Ssebaggala
- Alexander Madriz
- Alexander Schellow
- Alexander Schröder
- Aloalii Naughton Tapu
- Aly Keita
- Anat Vadia
- Andromeda Gervásio
- Angel Glasby
- Angela Schubot
- Angelika Thiele
- Anna Pehrsson
- Anna Tracy Aguti
- Anna-Luise Recke
- Anthony Okiria
- ANUnaran Jargalsaikhan
- Ark Martin Kyaligamba Kisiti
- Arsenal
- Asaph Kasujja
- Astrid Pochmann
- Bettina Thiel
- Boogie Papeda
- Bosco Kitabira
- Brandon Yoon
- Bria Bacon
- Brian Kisembo Delon
- Brit Rodemund
- Britta Pudelko
- Britta Schönbrunn
- Chino Neri
- Chris Daftsios
- Christine Joy AlpuertoRitter
- Christofer Luis Medina
- Claire Lissaman
- Claire Vivianne Sobottke
- Clint Lutes
- Colin Self
- Compagnie Debass
- Dagmar Dachauer
- Daloy Movement
- Dan Pelleg
- Dana Pajarillaga
- Dance Theatre Uganda
- Daniel Linder
- Dava Huesca
- Davis Ahimbisibwe
- Dawit Seto
- Denis Lule
- Denis Magezi
- Dénise Beck
- Dennis Dietrich
- Deva Schubert
- Diana Bayardo
- Diana Teresa Gutiérrez Garcia
- Dominique Rosales
- Douglas Koirewoa (D’krump)
- Ea Torrado
- ed physical theatre
- Edison Musanje
- Edward Jjombwe
- Eisa Jocson
- Ekkehard Ehlers
- Elisa Cucinelli
- Eliz Queen Andika
- Eloi Hortense N’da
- Emma Daniel
- Eric Mukalazi
- Eugene U-gin Boateng
- Fausta Nakasujja
- Fleur Conlon
- Florent Nikiéma
- Florian Bilbao
- Gabriele Reuter
- Gabriella Fiore
- Gareth Okan
- Geoffrey Oryema
- Gervasio Cetto
- Gilles Viandier
- Gloria Bacon
- Godfrey Natuhwera
- Guluma
- Gundula Peuthert
- Günther Wilhelm
- Habib Mbogo
- Herbert Jovan Simbwa
- HHY & The Kampala Unit
- Howard Katz
- Ian Elijah Ssenkungu
- IGC Fashion
- Ingo Reulecke
- Intare Performers
- Ivan Clark Niwamanya
- Jahra ‘Rager’ Wasasala
- Janine Joyner
- Javier Alemán
- Jeff Musoke
- Joan Nakawombe
- Joana Mbabazi
- Joel Kakande
- Joel Kateeba
- Johannes Wieland
- John Maile (Waka Waka Dance & Theatre)
- Jörg Schiebe
- Joulia Strauss
- Juan Felipe Miranda Medina
- Judith Nagel
- Julia B. Laperrière
- Julie Iarisoa
- Julius Musenze
- Kalliope Piersol
- Kankanaey Tribe
- Karfou Mathieu Konan
- Karima El Amrani
- Karolina Kraczkowska
- Katarzyna Sitarz
- Katharina Meves
- Kazue Ikeda
- Keihla Stéphane Douan
- Kevin Matthew Lau
- Kino Musoke
- Kizza Moses
- Konstanze Gröpke
- Kristian Breitenbach
- Kwizera Gideon
- Kyle Kidd
- Lea Martini
- Leeroy New
- Lena Wicke Aengstenhäuser
- Lisa Rykena
- Lois Alexander
- Lorin Sookool
- Lucas Dorado
- Lucrecia Dalt
- Luis Rodriguez
- Lukas Karvelis
- Luke Divall
- Luke Garwood
- Lydia Kasirye Nanozi
- Lydia Klement
- Margaret Illmann
- Mariana Tzouda
- Marie Akoury
- Marie-Lydie Nokouda
- Mario William Mayega
- Marko E. Weigert
- Martha Naggita
- Martín Alonso A. Reyes
- Martin Böttger
- Martin Hansen
- Mathis Mootz
- Matthias Härtig
- Maura Baiocchi
- Mercedes del RosarioAppugliese
- Mia Cabalfin
- Michael Gagawala Kaddu
- Michael Rissmann
- Miriam Kohler
- Mirko Winkel
- Moses Mukalazi
- Mourning [A] BLKstar
- Mugera Spin Godfrey
- Naishi Wang
- Nicola Schössler
- Noah Bemuka
- Odile Seitz
- Okurut George
- Oluwafemi Israel Adebajo
- Oumaima Bahri
- Pablo Esbert Lilienfeld
- Paolo Pizzuto
- Parwanhe Frei
- Paul Kaboré
- Peggy Ziehr
- Peter Trabner
- Pietro Pireddu
- Prisca Atite
- QUICK – MuDA
- Raffaella Galdi
- Raha Nejad
- Raki Fernandez
- Riccardo De Simone
- Richard Kasosi
- Richard Tamale
- Ridwan Rasheed
- Rima Pipoyan
- Robert Segner
- Robert Ssempijja
- Rocio Marano
- Said El Haddaji
- Salama Natabi
- Sally Cowdin
- Samuli Emery
- Sarah Grether
- Sarah Seini
- Sarina Egan-Sitinjak
- Serge Amondji
- Shafic Walusimbi
- Shane Munina
- Shelmith Øseth
- Shilpika Bordoloi
- Shiran Eliaserov
- Sophie Lebré
- Sophie Prins
- Sosolya Undugu Dance Academy
- Stuart Etou
- Sunnyboy Dladla
- Symara Sarai Johnson
- Tabea Tettenborn
- Tamar Grosz
- Teresa Zschernig
- Tian Rotteveel
- Timo Draheim
- Tjimur Dance Theatre
- Travis Steele Sisk
- Tushrik Fredericks
- Umar Kareregga
- Vadim Epstein
- Valentina Primavera
- Veith Michel
- Victoire Koly
- Walter Ruva
- Wolfgang Pannek
- Yael Schnell
- Yahi Nestor Gahe
- Yaron Maïm
- Yasemin Celikkan
- Yasmin Josiah
- Zafraan Ensemble
- Zefania Ezekiel
- Zen Jefferson
- Zufit Simon
Productions
- Four Non Blondes
- Songs & Dances about the Weather
- OKUBULA KWA BALAFU [eng. On the Disappearance of the Glaciers]
- Scores for the Virtual
- We Are Going To Mars – a choreographic concert
- Stay On It
- Radical Minimal
- Faces
- What If
- We are going to Mars | and we’ll unite the galaxies |
- A Beginner’s Guide To Worldbuilding
- We are going to Mars | Suite |
- Mapping Environmental Dance
- Illness as Practice
- Looking at Shirley – MoCap Research Project
- berlinballett | T-Shirts
- ENVIRONMENTAL DANCES
- It’s all forgotten now
- Her Noise
- African Minimal
- On Hela
- A Hey A Ma Ma Ma
- The Voice That You Are
- Fan Fic Festival
- Speak Boldly: The Julius Eastman Dance Project
- Shut up and dance
- Boards that Mean the World / Embawo Ezitegeza Ens
- Ernest Berk: The Complete Expressionist
- Black Cyborg
- Le Roi David
- Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You
- Sheroes
- Routines – Good Kids Don’t Dance
- Seeing Alvin Ailey
- Persian Hair
- The Witch Dance Project
- Urban Soul Café
- Studies on Post-Colonialism
- The Lion and the Dragon
- Lost my choreographer on the way to the dressing room
- The Goldberg Variations – Dancing Like A White Guy
- Can Asians Dance?
- What is African contemporary
- BerlinBallett | “Steps” and “Dirty Dancing”
- BERLINBALLETT | YOUR DANCE
- BERLINBALLETT | MASHUPS
- Golden Stars on Blue
- La Fille
- Abendliche Tänze
- Lead Role
- Dance is Not Enough
- RechtsRadikal
- Dance!Copy!Right?
- Maldoror
- Baader – A Choreography of Radicalization
- Evil Bodies
- Taking Steps
- True Style
- Ride On Time
- Toronto Files
- Biopics
- A Taste of Ra
- Eine Geschichte (A Story)
- Zwei zu Null
- Posed
- Saal A
- Tales of the Funky
- ChoreOdyssee
- BERLIN GOGOS
- We are time
- Who by fire
- Charly Bagdad
- Routines
- The Last Duet
- Lazarus Sign
- Triple Bill
- Homo Sacer
- Politik braucht keinen Feind
- They Died for Beauty
- Behind the Lines
- Apparat
- Lavinias Traum
- Jerusalem
- Lebenslang
- Fatal Attractions
- Fatal Attractions Version 1 TRIO
- Berst
- Berst Solo
- Othello as a Noise Opera
- F.A.Q.
- NAHT
- The Wandering Problem
- Studies
- Firebird Project Solo one
- Firebird Project Solo two
- Firebird Project Solo tree
- Nocturne
- Stumbling in the HighTechPool
- Face L Alarme
- Ulrich und Agathe
- Morgenrot