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]
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Robert Hooks
ROBERT HOOKS Robert (Bobby Dean) Hooks by Dale Ricardo Shields Actor Producer Activist Creator Cultural Institutions Creator/Co-creator Civil Right Organizations Born Bobby Dean Hooks into the rat-infested Foggy Bottom of segregated Washington, DC in 1937, a product of the post-Depression Northern Migration, the story of Robert Hooks’ life, in many ways, characterizes the turbulent …
- A Raisin In The Sun, Aaron Loves Angela, Adolph Green, Al Cook, Alfre Woodard, Antonio Fargas, Arthur Laurents, Backstairs at the White House, Barbara Ann Teer, Beah Richards, Bernie Casey, Betty Comden, Bibi Besch, Cecilia Ann Hooks Onibudo, Chester Sims, Christopher Michael Carter, Chuck Gordone, Cicely Tyson, CicelyTyson, Clarence Avant, Claudia McNeil, Dale Ricardo Shields, Dale Shields, Daphne Maxwell Reed, DC Black Repertory Company, Denise Nicholas, Denzel Washington, Diana Sands, Dick Anthony Williams, Dick Gregory, Don Murray, Douglas Turner Ward, Ed De Shae, Eric Hooks, Gerald S. Krone, Glynn Turman, Godfrey Cambridge, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hallelujah Baby, Hattie Winston Wheeler, Helen Martin, Howard University, Hurry Sundown, Ivan Dixon, Ja'net Dubois, Janet MacLaughlan, Jean Genet, Jennifer West, Joseph Papp, Jr., Judyann Elder, Jule Styne, Kevin Hooks, Kiyo Dean Tarpley Hooks, Larry Riley, Leslie Uggams, Lex Monson, Lillian Hayman, Lonne Elder III, Lou Gossett, Louis Gossett Jr, Louise Stubbs, Luise Heath, Luther Henderson, Maya Angelou, Melvin Van Peebles, N.Y.P.D., Nancy Carter, Nancy Wilson, Negro Ensemble Company, New York Shakespeare Festival, Oggi Oburn, Paul Winfield, Police Story, Raymond St. Jacques, Robert (Rob) Hooks, Robert Hooks, Ron O'Neal, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne, Rosey Grier, Ruby Dee, Seventeen Again, Sidney Poitier, Sonny Jim Gaines, Sophisticated Gents, Thalmus Rasualla, Thalmus Rasulala, Trouble Man, Vinnie Burrows, Where's Daddy?, William BT Taylor
Fela Kuti
Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti “The secret of life is to have no fear” by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS “Hailed as the Muhammad Ali, James Brown and Bob Dylan of Africa all wrapped into one, modern hip-hop wouldn’t exist without Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the late Afrobeat star.” “I refuse to live my life in fear…” Fela Aníkúlápó …
- Aaron Johnson, Alex Gibney, Bill T. Jones, Fela Kuti, Fela!, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Grace Jones, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jim Lewis, Jordan McLean, Keith Haring, Koola Lobitos, Kunle Anikulapo Kuti, Lillias White, Malik Seneferu, Marina Draghici, Motunrayo Anikulapo Kuti, Patti LaBelle, Peter Nigrini, Rachel Oneika Phillips, Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, Robert Wierzel, Seun Kuti, Shalewa Kuti, Sola Kuti, Yeni Kuti
FRED BENJAMIN
- By iforcolor in Choreographer, Dancer
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September 8, 2021
FREDERICK CHARLES BENJAMIN by Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 – 8 Dancer – Choreographer { September 8, 1944 – December 14, 2013 } Page 1 – 8 Fred Benjamin, an internationally known teacher of jazz dance who was also part of the creative wave of young Black modern-dance choreographers who came to prominence in the 1970s. …
- Adrienne Frimet, Aisha Coley, Alan Weeks, Alfred Gallman, Alvin Ailey, Amparo Chigui Santiago, Amy Henry, Amy Ragsdale, Andy Torres, Arlena Rolant, Ashford and Simpson, Ben Harney, Bobby Kwame Johnson, Brenda Braxton, Brian “Bomani” Benns, Bruce Hawkins, Bryant Baker, Carl Bailey, Carl Fields, Carolyn Campbell, Catherine Foster, Charles “Malik” Lewis, Cheryl Bell, Cheryl Brooks, Cheryl Norvell, Cheryl Scott, Cherylynn Ross, Chet Tames, Chiquita Ross- Glover, Christian Von Howard, Christiana Tober, Christopher Huggins, Clark Center for the Performing Arts, Clayton Palmer, Cornell Ivey, Dale Ricardo Shields, Damon Pearce, Damon Pierce, David Hutuely, Diane Conway, Dianne Conway, Dina Wright, Donald Griffith, Dyane Harvey-Salaam, Eddie Stockton, Edmee Cherdieu Dana Foglia, Elma Lewis, Fred Benjamin, Fred Bratcher, Freda Vanterpool, Friedman-Abeles, Gary Flannery, Geneva Vivino, George Faison, Gina Ellis, Glen Brooks, Glen Simms, Gower Champion, Gregory B Hinton, Gregory Hinton, Gregory Wright, Gwynenn Jones, Henny Kamerman, Henny Kammerman, Israel Valle, J. Jamal Hardeman, Jack Mitchell, Jacob’s Pillow, Jason Mulloy, Jill Williams, Jorge Vasquez, Juan Henderson, Juanita Grace Tyler, Judy Dearing, June Taylor Dancers, Kathy Thomas, Kay Uchishiba, Kim Jones, LaVerne Washington, Leni Wylliams, Leslie Watanabe, Linda James, Lisa Cave, Lisa Larsen, Lonnie McNeill, Loretta Abbott, Lynn Simonson, MacArthur Foundation, Marilyn Banks, Mark P. Rubin, Mark Rubin, Marlon Lewis, Martha Graham, Marvin Tuning, Matthew Williams, Mercie Hinton, Michael Bennett, Michael Peters, Michael Sampson, Michael Vermy, Michelle Murray, Michelle Simmons, Milton Bowser, Milton Myers, New York Public Library, Olon Godare, Pam Jones, Pat Estwick Heaven, Pearl Bailey, Peter Colly, Peter Norman, Ralph Farrington, Ralph Paul Haze, Reggie Jackson, Reginald Jackson, Renee Rose, Rev. J. Anthony Dargan, Ronald Dunham, Ronald McKay, Rosa Curry, Rovan Hill, Roy Blakey, Seiko Fujita, Sharon Brooks, Shirin Stave, Shirin Stave-Matias, Shirley Black-Brown, Stanley Harrison, Talley Beatty, Ted D Williams, Terrence Popular, Terrin Miles, Tetsuo Yoshida, Thea Nerissa Barnes, Thomas Oakman, Traci Cloyd, Tyrone Monroe, Warren Spears, Wendy Mejia, Winston DeWitt Hemsley
Adelle Gautier
- By iforcolor in Actress, Poet, Storyteller
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August 10, 2021
Adelle Gautier Actress, Storyteller, and Educator January 15, 1948 [ ALPHA ] – August 10, 2021 [ OMEGA ] by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Page 1 – 12 Adella Adella the Storyteller ( Adelle LeWhodatier Gautier ) was born and lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. She traveled extensively around the world … storytelling and performing! A native New Orleanian, Adelle, known affectionately …
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson
RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON Writer, Director, and Performer by Dale Ricardo Shields RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON Tony, Drama Desk, and Obie Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is the director of the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Jitney which garnered several awards including the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League, …
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