About

Omari is a screendance practitioner and body-percussionist based in London (UK) and, for the past decade, has been choreographing, teaching and performing for music videos, film, television and theatre. A first class BA (Hons) degree in Performing Arts led Omari to perform for 6 years in the West End and international touring productions of 'Stomp!'.

Omari’s choreographic work is influenced by hip-hop dance, urban culture and body-percussion practices. This combines with his 6 years of professional filmmaking experience to result in the purposeful creation of narratives told through dance and the camera.

As a filmmaker and editor, Omari has created digital-dance and documentary content for Breakin' Convention Hip Hop Theatre Festival (UK), Parkinson's UK, Dance Woking, Akademi Dance (UK’s leading South-Asian Dance Company) and Mouvement Perpétuel (Canada). As an independent choreographer and dancer, Omari has created works for Google, Britain’s Got Talent, Weetabix, Stanton Warriors, Greenpeace UK, Diabetes UK and ADAD (Association of Dance from the African Diaspora).​

As a soon to be graduate from the worlds first Master’s degree in Screendance at London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS), Omari is associate lecturer in Screendance at the University of Lincoln, University of East London and will soon be leading the Dance and Technology module for BA Dance at LCDS.

ScreenSkills Training Passport

Omari 'Motion' Carter has completed the following modules within the ScreenSkills Training Passport.

Tackling harassment and bullying at work

Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

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Experience

  1. Associate Lecturer - Dance & Technology Module

    London Contemporary Dance School · Jun 2020 - Oct 2020

  2. Associate Lecturer - Screendance Module

    Lincoln University · Jan 2020 - May 2020

  3. Associate Lecture - Rethinking Choreography: Bodies, sites and digital spaces.

    University of East London - BA Dance (Urban Practices) · Sep 2018 - Mar 2020

  4. Associate Movement Director

    London International Gospel Choir · Feb 2017 - Dec 2017

  5. Choreographer of Montage Youth Dance Company

    Montage Theatre Arts · Feb 2015 - Jul 2017

  6. Performer/Dancer

    STOMP! · Sep 2011 - Sep 2017

  7. Filmmaker

    BCTV (Breakin' Convention Television) · Nov 2013 - Dec 2015

  8. Choreographer and Dance Teacher

    Young Actors Theatre Islington · Jun 2006 - Dec 2008

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Education and training

  1. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

    ScreenSkills Test · Sept 2020

    ScreenSkills Funded

  2. Master's Degree Screendance

    London Contemporary Dance School · Sep 2018 - Mar 2020

  3. 1st Class Honours, Bachelor's Degree Performing Arts

    London Metropolitan University · Sep 2008 - Jul 2011