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I have a background in cultural journalism, media, performance, dance sector development and academia. 

​Between 1985 and 1994, I was active in media practice in Nigeria. Whilst in University I began freelancing for the arts pages of the Nigerian Guardian. I worked as a radio actress with FRCN1, wrote for Quality magazine, MR magazine, and the Daily Times, and worked as an associate TV producer with Prime TV and Swift Studios. Alongside this, I performed as a poet and was a member of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA).

From 1996 to 2005, I was a touring performer in England. My credits during this period include collaborations and performances with Mushango African Arts and Music, Maambena Cultural Dance Company, Adzido Pan-African Dance Ensemble, Ritual Theatre Arts (African dance-drama), Artistes-in-Exile (a multinational movement-based theatre collective), Banner (Physical) Theatre, Horse and Bamboo Mask and Puppetry Company, The Cholmondeleys (contemporary dance), and Dele Sosimi and his Afrobeat Orchestra and The Global Fusion band (popular music).

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I worked as a dance advocate mainly with the Association of Dance of the African Diaspora (now part of One Dance UK from 1995 for over 20 years spearheading and project managing a number of projects supporting independent dance artists. I began to develop my practice as a dance dramaturge in 2013.

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From 2017 to 2025, I held an academic position at De Montfort University in Leicester, England. Between 2017 and 2020, I was appointed as a VC2020 Lecturer in Dance (Early Career position), and from 2020 to 2025 I served as a Senior Lecturer in Dance. My research has centred on Black British choreographers, Dance as a profession, African cultural production and Creative Industries. I have also pursued interests in Creative Health and practice-based research. I set up FAE Studios in 2022 and more recently Enact Arts CIC.

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