Fragmented Shadows by Wanjiru Kamuyu
Performance
Fragmented Shadows © metlili.net
Through a mesmerizing fusion of dance, sound, and imagery, choreographer Wanjiru Kamuyu transforms the body into a site of liberation and expression in collaboration with dancers Élodie Paul and Sherwood Chen
Fragmented Shadows brings attention to untold stories of the personal, ancestral, and societal invisible wounds that imprint on our bodies and shape our well-being in seen and unseen ways. Supported by epigenetic and psychosomatic research, the three performers trace an inner, abstract, and visual journey into the body, weaving a tapestry of memories. In Fragmented Shadows dance becomes a practice of healing and release, transforming the body into a site of liberation and creating a powerful visual and emotional landscape. An internationally renowned choreographer, Kamuyu has collaborated with other notable artists featured at the Wexner Center including Bill T. Jones and Julie Taymor, among others. (program approx. 55 mins.)
Supported by Albertine Dance, a program of Villa Albertine & Albertine Foundation.
About the artist
Wanjiru Kamuyu
Dancer and choreographer Wanjiru Kamuyu is an associate artist with National Choreographic Center Nantes (France), a New York Live Arts Live Feed artist, a Villa Albertine 2023 artist in residence, and Artists Supporting Artists (ASAP) Sweat Variant artist. Born in Kenya, Kamuyu moved to France in 2007 and began her career in New York City. She has worked with choreographers such as Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Bill T. Jones, and Okwui Okpokwasili, as well as director Julie Taymor (Broadway musical The Lion King), among others. As founder of the dance company WKcollective, Kamuyu’s choreographic projects are presented internationally. She has collaborated with choreographers Bintou Dembélé and Robyn Orlin and theater directors Jean-François Auguste, Jérôme Savary, and Hassane Kassi Kouyate. Kamuyu holds an MFA from Temple University.
In partnership with
Wexner Center for the Arts
The Wexner Center for the Arts is the Ohio State University‘s “multidisciplinary, international laboratory for the exploration and advancement of contemporary art.”
