Souleymane Badolo MFA ’13 Honored with Visionary Leadership Award
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2023-10-23
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Dancer, choreographer, and activist Souleymane Badolo MFA ’13 has been named the 2023 recipient of Bennington College’s Dr. Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership Award. This annual award recognizes an engaged Bennington alumni who has successfully demonstrated leadership and confident willingness to step forward and take risks in order to solve problems and achieve results in the areas of education, government, the arts and sciences, or industry. “Souleymane is a visionary leader who embodies the values and achievements of the quintessential Bennington graduate,” said President Laura R.Walker. “Through movement, gentleness, and creativity, he is improving the lives of villagers in his home country of Burkina Faso."