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Qudus Onikeku<\/strong> is 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\n Since 2004, his solos have been performed in Europe, the United States, Latin America, Asia, and the Caribbean. My Exile is in My Head <\/em>was presented at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in 2015. After starting his company in Paris to tremendous success that brought him to the Festival d\u2019Avignon amongst other global stages, in 2014 he returned to Lagos with his partner Haji, and together they embarked on an artistic development project, the QDance Center, an incubator for art practices, talent development, and community engagement, a unique structure with which they examined and experimented the possible intersections between arts and society. Onikeku is currently the first \u201cMaker in Residence\u201d at The Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship at the University of Florida. His research focuses on developing interactions with cutting edge technologies and interactive systems, to create new economic opportunity for creators, by building a bridge between new technology and the global African experience.<\/p> The QDance Company<\/strong>\u00a0is 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\n QDance\u2019s works have marked relevant influence internationally, having been commissioned and performed at most major international festivals and venues, including Festival d\u2019Avignon, Biennale de Lyon, Biennale de Val de Marne, France; Roma Europa, Torino Danza and Venice Biennale, Italy; Kalamata Dance Festival, Greece; Kino Siska Festival, Slovenia; Yokohama Dance Collection at TPAM, Japan; PS 21, USA; Correios Em Mouvemente, Brazil; Encender un Fosforo, Mexico; Dance Umbrella, Jomba Dance Festival, South Africa; Nyoba Kan Butoh Festival, Malaysia, as well as tours to over 50 countries.<\/p> Afropolis <\/strong>seeks to create new processes of antidisciplinary exchange between performance, design, community engagement, and digital technology. Afropolis generates creative synergy within a network of global Africans to compose new forums and to express innovative ideas.\u00a0In July 2022, QDance and Qudus Onikeku debuted Afropolis at La Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille, France as part of the Festival de Marseille.<\/p> ELEVATE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is an annual event hosted by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs which enhances the city\u2019s cultural offerings by providing free, quality cultural experiences that highlight what makes Atlanta unique and increasing Atlanta\u2019s cultural and economic vitality.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n A partnership between the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology, France-Atlanta<\/strong> is an annual event series that has fostered French-American cooperation and exchange in the fields of science, business, culture, and humanitarian affairs since 2010.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":59550,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[227],"app_city_tax":[221],"app_event_type":[243],"class_list":["post-59552","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-performing-arts","app_city_tax-atl","app_event_type-performance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n