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Soul2022 - Director : Maalem, Heddy
Choreographer(s) : Onikeku, Qudus (Nigeria)
Present in collection(s): Heddy Maalem
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Soul2022 - Director : Maalem, Heddy
Choreographer(s) : Onikeku, Qudus (Nigeria)
Present in collection(s): Heddy Maalem
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This video is a portrait of the choreographer and performer Qudus ONIKEKU
Onikeku, Qudus
In 2016, he created a performance lab with the Nigerian dance hub QDanceCenter: « QDanceSession ». The same year, he created two pieces: « We Almost Forgot » and « An African Ballet ».
In 2017, he choreographed a short feminine quartet « Invocations » for the opening of Lagos Contemporary Dance Festival, then the piece “A Brief Moment of Truth” for the TEDxLagos.
Sources: Maison de la danse show program ; Qudus Onikeku 's website
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Maalem, Heddy
Choreographer, teacher, discoverer of talents recognized on the national and international scenes, Heddy Maalem decides, in 2017, to recover his creative freedom by putting an end to his choreographic company after several tours of the world with his creations (Black Spring, The Rite of spring, But the Devil is walking by our side, Praise of the mighty kingdom ...). In the intimacy of his studio and during many travels, he renews his relationships with the interpreters by conducting videographic research. He directed the film "Abroad, portraits of dancers" and the collection "Collateral beauties".
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Artistic direction / Conception : HEDDY MAALEM
Interpretation : QUDUS ONIKEKU
Original music : OMBRA MAI FU HANDEL
DANCE AND DIGITAL ARTS
K. Danse's artistic partners
Dyptik Company
Yield Variations on dissuasive urban furniture
Roots of Diversity in Contemporary Dance
Qudus Onikeku - Reclaim a forgotten memory
CHRISTIAN & FRANÇOIS BEN AÏM – VITAL MOMENTUM
Les Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis
LATITUDES CONTEMPORAINES
40 years of dance and music
Indian dances
Discover Indian dance through choreographic creations which unveil it, evoke it, revisit it or transform it!
Body and conflicts
A look on the bonds which appear to emerge between the dancing body and the world considered as a living organism.
The national choreographic centres
James Carlès
Meeting with literature
Collaboration between a choreographer and a writer can lead to the emergence of a large number of combinations. If sometimes the choreographer creates his dance around the work of an author, the writer can also choose dance as the subject of his text.
When reality breaks in
Dance and performance
Here is a sample of extracts illustrating burlesque figures in Performances.
Butoh
On 24th May 1959, Tatsumi Hijikata portrayed the character of the "Man" in the first presentation of a play called Kinjiki (Forbidden Colours).
The Ankoku Butoh was born,
Do you mean Folklores?
Presentation of how choreographers are revisiting Folklore in contemporary creations.
States of the body
Explanation of the term « State of the body » when it’s about dance.