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Movement
Artist.
As africans we have always been a dancing people so from the early Agee of 5yrs I have always been around dance, dancing at birthday parties and winning prizes with my signature move of whining my waist vigorously to the music of Awilo Logomba in the early 2000s.
The reason why I dance keeps changing overtime and is ever evolving. Presently I find myself embedded in a sort of movement activism where I challenge status quo with my works, speak truth to power and spark off socio-political conversations with my roots dance initiatives always kicking off fat a grassroots level.
For me dance is really that way of talking without talking, as a traveling artist I am interested in movement not solely as a choreographic element but also as a basic human necessity. The need to move from one place to the other and everything in between is dance to me.
Projects/ Collaborations
REINCARNATION BY Qudus Onikeku (Qdance Company)
Role: Dancer And Collaborator. (2019 - 2023)”
Tour dates 2023
Lafermedubuisson (France) 20th October 2023
Cankarjevdom (Slovenia) 23rd October 2023
romaeuropa (Italy) 17th & 18th November 2023
culturescapes.ch (Switzerland) 23rd, 25th & 30th November. 2023
Tour Dates 2022
2 May, Glover Hall. Lagos. NG
14-15 May, Fabrik Potsdam. DE
25 – 28 May, Festival TransAmerique. Montreal. CAN
3 – 4 June, PS21. New York USA
9 – 10 June, Hippodrum de Douai. FR
25 June, Afrolution. Berlin. DE
27 June – 3 July, Afropolis. Festival de Marseille. FR
12 – 13 July, Julidans Festival. Amsterdam. ND
7 October, Le theatre, Auxerre. FR
14 October, Philharmonie de Paris. FR
19 – 20 October, Theatre de Corniquille. Quimper, Bretagne. FR
10 November, Chalons en champagne. FR
15 November,Le Moulin du Roc, Niort. FR
17 – 19 November, Theatre National de Bretagne. Rennes. FR
R 22 November, L’Arsenal, Val de Reuil, Evreux. FR
24 November, Scene Nationale 61 Alencon. FR
2 May, Glover Hall. Lagos. NG
14-15 May, Fabrik Potsdam. DE
25 – 28 May, Festival TransAmerique. Montreal. CAN
3 – 4 June, PS21. New York USA
9 – 10 June, Hippodrum de Douai. FR
25 June, Afrolution. Berlin. DE
27 June – 3 July, Afropolis. Festival de Marseille. FR
12 – 13 July, Julidans Festival. Amsterdam. ND
7 October, Le theatre, Auxerre. FR
14 October, Philharmonie de Paris. FR
19 – 20 October, Theatre de Corniquille. Quimper, Bretagne. FR
10 November, Chalons en champagne. FR
15 November,Le Moulin du Roc, Niort. FR
17 – 19 November, Theatre National de Bretagne. Rennes. FR
R 22 November, L’Arsenal, Val de Reuil, Evreux. FR
24 November, Scene Nationale 61 Alencon. FR
Tour Dates 2021
Jan 2021
World Premiere
15th, 16th Jan. Paris.
Digital Premier
27th Jan. Centre Pompidou. Paris. FR.
May 2021
15: Live Ideas – New York Live Arts. USA
27: La Rampe – Echirolles. FR
June 2021 2021
4: Les Halles de Schaerbeek – Bruxelles. BE
8 & 9: La Biennale de Lyon – Le Radiant – Lyon. FR
15: Espace Sarah Bernhardt – Goussainville. FR
7: L’imprévu – Saint-Ouen. FR
23: Regio Emilia.
30: Centre Pompidou – Paris. FR
July 2021 2021
12: Théâtre Rive Gauche – St-Etienne du Rouvray. FR
4: Théâtre Jean Vilar de Vitry. FR
6 & 7: Festival GREC. Barcelona. SP
25: Festival Kalamata. GR
October 2021 2021
13: NUC Hall. Abuja. NG
16: Alliance Francais Accra. GH
20: Institut Francais de Lome. TG
Afro Communal Offering by Ennovate Dance Company
Role: Choreographer, Artistic Director and Dancer.
Tour dates 2022
Royal Palace Amsterdam – December 7th, 2022
Hietnue Instituut Rotterdam – December 8th, 2022
Right about now Festival – December 17th, 2022.
Wey Dey Move - Art film and Installation by Dele Adeyemo. - 2022
Role: Dancer, Movement consultant, Collaborator
Tour dates 2022
Wey Dey Move is a Film and Installation Art Project which premiered at the Nieuwe instituut Netherlands in 2022.
The film takes the audience to Lagos, chasing the sounds and rhythms of Afro-pop, Amapiano and Afrobeats. Follow the beats onto the streets, where people organise their own parties and festivals between market stalls on one side and under-construction tower blocks on the other. Wey Dey Move celebrates the evolution of the urban landscape of Lagos as a self-made hub of creativity.
Rhythm and Blood (Namibia, Ghana, Nigeria.) - 2022
Role: Convener, Lead Dance artist.
This is a mobile dance activation we started to blur the gap between performer and audience while presenting dance in a provocative manner to spark off socio-political conversations in real time.
It is an invitation for minds to be poured open in a performative space, with Dance as the nucleus that guides the dialogue. We will bring everything to the table while trusting and hoping to have honest conversations everytime we gather.
We went round Nigeria, Ghana and Namibia with this event.
Slum Party Lagos. Dance and Performance Art Festival. (2019 - Till date)
Role: Founder, Artistic Director, Co-curator.
Arguably the biggest grassroots dance event in Nigeria, Slum Party is a community dance gathering aimed at retelling stories of Slum Communities while questioning peoples perception of Slums Areas. The event uses a typical Lagos Party template to give the people a very immersive Performance Art experience, Slum Party has been very instrumental in Oworonshoki community Lagos where it started. The event started as a major voice against incessant killings and violence in that community and has now grown into a full fleshed festival that gathers dancers and other artists from all over Africa and the diaspora.
It is an invitation for minds to be poured open in a performative space, with Dance as the nucleus that guides the dialogue. We will bring everything to the table while trusting and hoping to have honest conversations everytime we gather.
We went round Nigeria, Ghana and Namibia with this event.
