life, reality and dream

Dancing in the In-Between.

Qudus Onikeku has been invited by the Festival d'Avignon in France, to present his new creation in July 2013. This new project is the last part of a trilogy Of Solitude, Alterity and Memory which began with My Exile is in My Head (2009/2010) and continued with STILL/Life (2011/2012). In a span of 5 years Qudus is able to touch on these existential questions that pave way to the discovery of the authentic self.

The Past, Presents and the Future, it is within this cycle of time that Qudus' artistic preoccupations are caught; they remain the central theme within his works, showing the relationship with human memory and the past. With QADDISH Qudus takes on a journey of memory transmission with his 80 years old father. To explore the dualities of father/son and memory/amnesia, as well as the trinity of, background, middle-ground and foreground. With a special attention on the middle-ground, which is undramatic and unspectacular - it is neither the origin to head into, and a past to fall back on; it is the home of doubt and indecision, of suspension, of disbelief, of playfulness, of the unpredictable and irony.

more at www.qudus.blogspot.com and www.nyobakan.blogspot.com

Butoh Festival 2012