Sheela Sheena Langeberg

South Australia, Australia

Model, Actor, Musician, Dancer

www.sheela.com.au/store/

Internationally renowned, multi award-winning artist Sheela Langeberg is one of the most influential and written about Africans in Australia today, as well as one of its most prized artistic and cultural treasures. Born, raised and educated in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, with additional studies in Scandinavia, she now makes Adelaide her home and the new center of her worldwide creative ventures. Sheela has written, composed and produced five music albums, a book, 62 stage productions for all ages, and has toured around the globe. Her vibrant, captivating performances are the reason that she's continually adding new venues to her already frequent repeat appearances, year after year. Sheela's creativity is matched only by her inexhaustible on-stage energy, as she often tours with 2-3 productions at one time. Intertwined with her demanding performance schedule, Sheela conducts immensely popular dance/drama workshops, using her own deep and unique writing style.

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Physical Details

Height:167 cm / 5ft 6in Hips:73 cm / 29in
Weight:55 kg / 121 lbs Shoe size:4.5 UK / 6.0 US / 37.5 Euro
Ethnicity:Black / African descent Hair color:Black
Skin color:Black Hair length:Short
Eye color:Brown Hair type:Afro
Chest:78 cm / 31 in Dress Size:8 - 10
Waist:55 cm / 22in

Modeling

World class playwright/ author/storyteller/singer/composer/African dancer/choreographer/stage director/producer.

Acting

Languages spoken

EnglishSwedish
FILMS:

Sally Marshall Is Not An Alien (Australia/Canada)
(Music)
Ebbtide (Extra)
The Ultra Man (Extra)

TV COMMERCIALS:

Red Head Match Boxes (Australia)
Australia Bank Credit Card (Australia)
Dance Celebrates Dance (Lead)

THEATER PRODUCTIONS:

Written/produced/presented 63 Stage/Dance Productions (Worldwide)

THEATER COMPANIES:

The Fine Arts (Massachusettes USA)
Black Theater W/shop (Montreal Canada)
Patch Theater (SA)
CARCLEW School Programs (SA)
BANK SA Multicultural Arts (A
Adelaide Festival Theater (SA)
Magpie Theater (Australia)
Vitalstatistix Theater (SA)
Adelaide Festival Fringe (SA)
Theater Works (Melbourne VIC)
Woodforde Folk Festival (QLD)
Canberra Festival (ACT)
Sydney Festival Fringe (NSW)
Victor Harbor Folk Festival(SA)
Western Australia Folk Festival,(WA)
Multicultural Arts (NEXUS)
Adelaide festival Theater Trust (SA)
Helenic Center (Athens + Delphi(Greece)
Kunskapen Teater (Sweden)
ASTEJ(Children's Festival (Sweden)
Persistent Of Memory Festival(Sweden)
Stockholm Water Festival(Sweden)
Thailand-La Mama.
The Philippines-just to name a few.


INTERNATIONAL WOMENS PLAYWRIGHT CONFERENCES:

4Th (Australia)
5th (Ireland
6th (Greece)
7th (The Philippines)
Also invited to Mumbai-India)

Invited to present her smash hit productions MAIJA OF CHAGGALAND and AMANDINA in the Asian Womens Playwright Conference in Shanghai.

AWARDS:

MECCA -The English Critics Award (Canada)
AWARD: Best Traveling Production Of The Year(2002/3)
PRODUCTION:
Maija Of Chaggaland

ADVERTISER NEWS PAPERS AWARDS
AWARD: Best Original Production (Adelaide Fringe)
PRODUCTIONS:
BOMAS OF AFRICA/AMANDINA

CARCLEW AWARDS)
AWARD: Best Touring School Production.
PRODUCTIONS:
Ndito The Masai Girl/Clay Boy

MESSENGER NEWSPAPERS AWARDS
AWARD: Best Small Business Award (Nominee)

Black Madonna Production (Sweden 2006) was a Box Office Smash Hit with Sheela in the leading role as MARY OF NAZARETH. She also wrote/ sang 3 of her own songs for the piece.

VARIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
COMPANY: ALABRICARE
For her work with needy children and young Offenders.


COLLABORATED WORKS:

Moto Official Remix album.

Dreamland Album

Black Madonna (Sheela/Sweden) (Lead)

When I was Young (Sheela/Patch Theater) Co- Author/Lead)

Ndelawasi (Writer/Choreographer/Dancer/Musician

Illusions (Sheela/Patch Theater (Lead)

Africa (Sheela/Magpie Theater) Writer/(Lead)

Many years of conducting African Dance/Drama workshops in schools/community groups (Worldwide)

Many hours working and mentoring needy children, various women's groups. (Worldwide)

Years of conducting special career w/shops for dance professionals. (Worldwide)

COUNTRIES TOURED IN:

Australia wide (Repeated times)
Canada (Repeated Times)
India
Ireland
Greece
Sweden (Repeated times)
Tanzania (Repeated times)
Thailand
The Philippines
U.S.A
and many more

TV & Reality

None.

Music

MUSICAL ALBUMS:

Naked Fire
Dream
Chants of My Life (Original/Remix)
Moto Official Remix
Dreamland (Sheela Langeberg VS Stickleback)

BUY AT: WWW.SHEELA.COM.AU/STORE/
7Digital/Amazon/Beatport/Emusic/Itunes/ Tradebit, and many more.

NEW ALBUM COMING SOON!

UPCOMING BOOKS:
UNDER THE RED JACARANDA
MAIJA A LIFE

SCREENPLAY:
TEARS

CHILDREN'S BOOK:

NDITO THE MASAI GIRL

BUY AT:
www.sheela.com.au/store/
Amazon.com/Trafford.com

For online video trailer+info see:
www.sheela.com.au/store/
www.legacymagazine.com.au
www.myspace.com/sheelasheenalife
www.myspace.com/ladywithvoice
www.isound.com/sheela_langeberg

Dancing

Founder & Owner of the 1st African Dance Academy (APAI)in Australia.

African dancer/choreographer/writer of dance drama/text.

Conducts regular W/shops around the globe.

Produced several world class dance/text productions, and continues to do so.

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