SLIM MELLO

 

 

Slim 2013 photo

****Iforcolor had the opportunity to interview Mr. Mello.  This is what the man himself had to say:

DRS: What would you want to do if you were not a dancer?

 Mello: I would be a musician.  I am a music lover, also!  I love music in general, but Jazz and Funk are my favorite styles.   I’ve been falling in love with classical music lately and its been really inspirational hearing all this new spiritual information from the rhythms, roots, and sounds for me.  I must admit, that I have not found the happiness, passion, and pleasure in anything else as I found being a dancer.

 

 

DRS: Where do you see yourself in the dance world in 20 years?

  Mello: I really would like to go back to Brazil and teach modern dance and ballet. I want to have an opportunity to share all my experiences with young dancers.

DRS: Tell us about your family?

Mello:  I have a huge family and it was amazing growing up with all my cousins.  I got almost 16 uncles and aunts. So I lost my count on how many cousins I have.  But there’s nobody like my parents. They did everything that they could to give my sister and me a good education.  It’s hard being far away from them but it’s my life now.

DRS: Would you ever do Broadway?

  Mello: I would love to do my favorite musicals someday (Chorus Line, West Side Story, and Chicago). But the only problem is that I don’t sing. I wish I could do it…

DRS. Do you have any fears?

 Mello: Yes. Sometimes I’m afraid I  will not get to the level I want to in my career. I imagine that is a normal feeling for any person,  especially artists.

DRS: What were the (or one of) your favorite tour stops?

 

Mello: I loved France (Lyon, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, and Toulouse).

 I really loved France!

 

 

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ARCHIVIST, EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, and ARTiST
Dale Ricardo Shields is a 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, 2017 and 2015 Tony® award nominee for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award, the 2017 AUDELCO/"VIV" Special Achievement Award, 2020, 2021, and 2022 ENCORE AWARD / The Actors Fund and winner of the 2022.

Recently, he won the 2022 Legend Award from his alma mater Ohio University.

He is the 2021 winner of the Paul Robeson Award, presented (jointly) by the Actors Equity Association and the Actors Equity Foundation.

Research Accomplishments:
His extensive professional credits as a Director, Stage manager, and Actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional) As an actor he has appeared on Saturday Night Live, Another World, Guiding Light, The Cosby Show, and the ITV television series "Special Needs" and commercials and film.

Professor Shields is a member of the Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Guild of Musical Artists performance unions and an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

He began his artistic academic career in New York City at Playwrights Horizon, The South Bronx Action Theatre, and Mind Builders, and then was invited to join the teaching staff at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival). He represented the United States for Theatre Young Audiences at the ASSITEJ Theatre Festival in London, England.

He has been a Professor and Visiting Artist at Ohio University, The College of Wooster, Denison University, Macalester College, Randolph- Macon College, Susquehanna University, and SUNY Potsdam.

He holds B.F.A and M.F.A, Degrees from Ohio University.

Website(s)

Iforcolor.org [Research]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Ricardo_Shields [Career]