Embodiment through dance

How can choreographic practice shed light on Black / African / Afro-European identities in Europe?

Performance, video extracts and panel discussion convened and chaired by Hélène Neveu-Kringelbach (UCL) with performer, dramaturge and academic Funmi Adewole (De Montfort University) and choreographer Seke Chimutengwende. Framed by the 20-min performance The Blind Side by Funmi Adewole.

Framed by the 20-min performance The Blind Side by Funmi Adewole.

The Blind Side is a solo piece of movement theatre in which I play a teller of folktales struggling to tell a folktale. There is a space that joins ‘Heritage’ to present-day socio-cultural realities. In this space are the reasons why heritage is important and when this  space is left unexamined, it becomes what I call ‘the blind side’. The piece is informed by my experiences of telling African folktales in theatre, debating African politics in everyday life and engaging with the global arts and heritage industries at work. Poetic action is my favoured means of exploring the spaces between these places.'

Brixton House presents It Begins in Darkness on 1st June. It Begins in Darkness is an environment for processing the fear, anger and confusion which arise from the histories of slavery and colonialism that haunt the present. Conceived and directed by Seke Chimutengwende. Get tickets ahead of the Festival of Afro-European Arts, Performance & Scholarship at a discount by entering this code: IBID10.