{"id":59122,"date":"2022-05-20T15:28:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/events\/reincarnation-qdance-company-ps1-chatham\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T07:41:22","slug":"reincarnation-qdance-company-ps1-chatham","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/reincarnation-qdance-company-ps1-chatham\/","title":{"rendered":"Re:INCARNATION by QDance Company (Nigeria) at PS21, Chatham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Re:INCARNATION<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 by QDance Company is a dance, music, fashion, and visual art creation that showcases the depth of ancient Yoruba philosophy, mixed with the Nigerian youth culture of today and its pure and uncompromising joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The point of departure for this creation is the result of five years of research by Nigerian choreographer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qudusonikeku.com\/\"><strong>Qudus Onikeku<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0into body memory. Ten young dancers and two musicians perform the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, and Africa&#8217;s powers of reinvention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All of Lagos is out in the streets, where a fight breaks out and one person dies. A breach in\u00a0reality opens, exposing a world where a bird-woman holds court, along with keepers of the\u00a0kingdom of the dead and other mythical figures. Here, death is not terminal\u2014it is merely a thread\u00a0that connects the living to their ancestors. Drawing on Qudus Onikeku\u2019s roots of Yoruba cultural\u00a0traditions,\u00a0<strong><em>Re:INCARNATION\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>revives body memory and celebrates Africa\u2019s ability to reinvent itself in\u00a0a collective rebirth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Re:INCARNATION<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0also pays homage to the wealth and profusion of Nigerian music, its Afro-beat roots being currently revisited by dancehall, hip-hop, and electro. This musical genre, introduced and popularized by Fela Kuti, was born from an explosive cocktail of jazz, soul\/funk, and traditional African music. In this mix of urban cultures, a reincarnation of the personal trajectories of each dancer comes to the fore with their stories and memories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Qudus Onikeku<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qudusonikeku.com\/\"><strong>Qudus Onikeku<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a representative of a new generation of artists working internationally. The choreographer was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and in 2009 went on to train at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Arts du Cirque in France, initially working at the crossroads of dance and acrobatics. Inspired by traditional Yoruba philosophy, he has also been influenced by hip-hop, capoeira, and contemporary dance.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About The QDance Company<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The QDance Company is a contemporary dance company with an International outlook, working with dancers from different cultures and backgrounds.\u00a0 After creating internationally renowned works that have toured globally over the last decade under YK Projects Paris, artistic director Qudus Onikeku now bases his choreographic works with company dancers and musicians in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Get your tickets for\u00a0<em>Re:INCARNATION\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.simpletix.com%2Fe%2Fre-incarnation-by-qudus-onikeku-and-the-q-tickets-102233&amp;data=05%7C01%7CFarrah.trari%40villa-albertine.org%7Ce50c4167fb9544fda90b08da3a734c4f%7C2d6ab33a15c04d1eb0363b23ceb26830%7C0%7C0%7C637886564128437516%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Y9XD3%2FN4m1cgGhTzb7XMGcyPXWmF%2FzX3e0z4TpBI32Y%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>For the presentation of\u00a0<\/em>Re:INCARNATION<em>\u00a0and a week-long residence of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.qudusonikeku.com%2Fcompany&amp;data=05%7C01%7CFarrah.trari%40villa-albertine.org%7Ce50c4167fb9544fda90b08da3a734c4f%7C2d6ab33a15c04d1eb0363b23ceb26830%7C0%7C0%7C637886564128437516%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D0GNQDeakNQVkrEhMqnIED4DbODNHbK0VgBS9a1S80I%3D&amp;reserved=0\">The\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.qudusonikeku.com%2Fcompany&amp;data=05%7C01%7CFarrah.trari%40villa-albertine.org%7Ce50c4167fb9544fda90b08da3a734c4f%7C2d6ab33a15c04d1eb0363b23ceb26830%7C0%7C0%7C637886564128437516%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D0GNQDeakNQVkrEhMqnIED4DbODNHbK0VgBS9a1S80I%3D&amp;reserved=0\">QDance Company<\/a>, PS21 (Performance Spaces for the 21st Century), Chatham, NY, received the support of FUSED (French US Exchange in Dance), a program from Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, in partnership with the Embassy of France in the United States, with support from The Ford Foundation, Institut Francais, the French Ministry of Culture, and private donors.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59120,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[227],"app_city_tax":[217],"app_event_type":[243],"class_list":["post-59122","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-performing-arts","app_city_tax-nyc","app_event_type-performance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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