Ugandan dancer and actor Valentino Richard Kabenge will this weekend hit the massive stage in Lagos, Nigeria for an appearing expertise present.
Valentino was picked with 5 others for the expertise showcase hosted by An Actors Playhouse, an appearing coaching academy based by veteran Nollywood actress Stella Damasus.
Whereas Valentino is most often known as a Latin dancer and choreographer (well-known for his NTV hit present “Dance with Valentino”), he has through the years been honing his appearing abilities.
Final yr, he joined Stella’s appearing masterclass, finding out on-line. He talks of the revered Nigerian actress as his largest childhood inspiration.
“Rising up I used to observe quite a lot of Nigerian films on High TV this is the reason I sought out appearing. Stella is among the actresses that I like. I particularly cherished her films Romantic Attraction, Actual Love, and Behind Closed Doorways. I used to relate her films in main college,” he stated.
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Upon arrival in Nigeria, he described his first-ever assembly with Stella as “an enormous dream come true.” “Women and gents, I’m within the presence of greatness, the legendary Nollywood’s Stella Damasus, and I nonetheless don’t have the right response but,” he posted on Instagram.
The expertise showcase is slated for Saturday, June fifteenth, 2024 in Lagos. Valentino and the 5 different performers may have the chance to carry out for and community with a number of the largest business professionals, from Administrators to Producers, Brokers, and Casting Administrators.
“I have a look at this as an opener for various collaborations and tasks in Nigeria,” Valentino says. “I like the Nigerians due to their assertiveness and the way they go all out. My ambition is to create and lengthen my model to Nigeria and to ask a few of them to Uganda.”
Exterior of appearing, Valentino additionally hopes to land collaborations with a number of the massive names within the Nigerian music business.
He wishes to work with artists resembling Yemi Alade, Davido, and Beninian songstress Angelique Kidjo. Valentino has featured in some massive music movies in Uganda, together with Winnie Nwagi’s 2020 hit music Jangu, Rema Namakula’s Contact My Physique, and just lately Iryn Namubiru’s Tegutta.
