Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu
Choreographer/Movement Director
Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu is the Lighter Leadership™ Coach, choreographer, movement director, and cultural leader whose work sits at the intersection of dance, empowerment, and transformation. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Uchenna, a national touring dance company known for its bold, heartfelt, and empowering work, and Director of Empowerment at People Make It Work, supporting cultural organisations to unlock potential, embed equity, and strengthen leadership across the sector. Vicki is also a Trustee of New Adventures, the iconic and ground-breaking British dance-theatre company famous for telling stories with a unique theatrical twist.
Through Uchenna, Vicki has choreographed and directed four original shows: Our Mighty Groove (including a newly reimagined version created as the inaugural production for the brand-new Sadler’s Wells East in February 2025), The Head Wrap Diaries, Hansel and Gretel – A Fearless Dance Adventure, and The Head Wrap Diaries – Fierce and Free. These works have toured nationally and internationally, captivating audiences with their fusion of storytelling, dance, and cultural expression.
In theatre, her work as Choreographer and Movement Director includes: The Enormous Crocodile (Roald Dahl Story Company); Urinetown: The Musical(Guildhall School of Music and Drama); Family Tree (Actors Touring Company); Animal Farm (National Youth Theatre); The Woods and A Kind Of People (Royal Court); Princess and the Hustler, The Gift (Eclipse Theatre); Red Dust Road(National Theatre of Scotland); Midlife (Diverse City); The Seven Ages of Patience(Kiln Theatre); Provok’d and POD (co-directed for Guildhall).
She has worked as a Mass Movement Choreographer for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sochi 2014, Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku.
Across all her roles, Vicki champions self-trust, creativity, and boldness, helping people, whether in leadership, on stage, or in the studio, to trust their instincts, embrace who they are, connect to their internal power, and step into their external influence.