Qudus Onikeku and QDance Company present Re:INCARNATION

Sat 5th Oct 2024, 7:30pm

Saturday

Location: Nottingham

Venue: Nottingham Playhouse

Nigeria’s celebrated QDance Company explodes onto the stage with their exuberant Re:INCARNATION, presented at Nottingham Playhouse, supported by FABRIC.

Ten young dancers and two musicians perform the cycle of life with explosive energy, marked by the urban chaos of the Nigerian city of Lagos.

An ode to the riches of Nigerian culture, this dance, music, fashion and visual art fusion mixes ancient Yoruba philosophy with the rhythm and spirit of the country’s hyper-vibrant youth culture, bursting with pure and uncompromising joy.

Paying homage to the wealth and profusion of Nigerian music, the show draws on Afrobeats, born of an explosive cocktail of jazz, soul, funk, and traditional African music. In this mix of urban cultures, a reincarnation of the personal journeys of each of the dancers comes to the fore, marked by their individual signatures.

QDance Company, led by artistic director Qudus Onikeku, is a Lagos-based contemporary dance company with an international outlook, working with dancers from different cultures and backgrounds.

Presented by Dance Consortium

This performance is ‘a tremendous piece… QDance Company’s 10 dancers and two musicians command the stage with Broadway-like showmanship. Montreal Rampage,