| Ali is the
founding member and artistic director of Kinetika
She is a carnival designer and director.
Ali is currently developing her skills in theatre direction. She
is working on developing two large scale carnival shows Imagination:
Our Nation and Din Shuru
Ali has designed and directed numerous productions for Kinetika
including:
- Tiger Out East!
- Roads To Freedom
- Din Shuru
- The Olympic Torch Relay Schools Project
2004
- Yemanja 2002
- People on The Move for Celebrate South
Africa
Ali has worked internationally with many arts organisations
including:
- WOMAD
- Trinidad Carnival working with
Peter Minshall to create winning costumes for
The Callaloo Company
- The Atlanta Olympics Opening Ceremonies,
Costumes commissioned by Peter Minshall
- Parade of the Circle -The Cleveland Museum
of Art, Ohio
- The Carnival of Human Rights in Johannesburg
- Kumasi Carnival, Ghana
- The Solstice Parade in Seattle
- Cortejo Afro, Salvador Carnival,
Brasil
At home she designed 3 winning bands for
Notting Hill Carnival in 1998, 1999 and 2004, as well
as designing costumes for The Millennium Dome Opening
Ceremonies. She has produced commissioned work for The
Greenwich and Docklands Festival and The Thames
Festival and Salisbury Festival
Ali’s work has been exhibited in Acknowledged
Sources, Exhibition at Nottingham Castle in 2001 and in
the current touring exhibition Midnight Robbers, The Artists
of Notting Hill Carnival
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