{"id":169468,"date":"2026-07-29T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/termin\/other-en\/lagos-is-a-r-a-v-e-169468\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:45:46","slug":"lagos-is-a-r-a-v-e","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/dance\/lagos-is-a-r-a-v-e-169468\/","title":{"rendered":"LAGOS is a R.A.V.E."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p data-renderer-start-pos=\"5738\" data-local-id=\"76630b6a-2399-4088-b1d4-d591389d847d\"><em data-renderer-mark=\"true\">LAGOS is a R.A.V.E.<\/em> <em data-renderer-mark=\"true\">(Radical Audio Visual Experience) <\/em>is a new choreographic work for eleven dancers by Nigeria\u2019s foremost contemporary choreographer, Qudus Onikeku, and his QDance Company. It investigates the mega-city Lagos as a living choreographic system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-accordion\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"Artistic Statement Qudus Onikeku\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"ArtisticStatementQudusOnikeku\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e715138\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71513a\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">Artistic Statement Qudus Onikeku<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e715138\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>LAGOS is a R.A.V.E.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radical Audio Visual Experience<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For ten weeks, twelve of us have been inside the studio trying to listen differently to this megacity of over 20 million inhabitants. There is something that happens when you enter Lagos: the body suddenly knows something the conscious mind has not yet understood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lagos demands a particular intelligence from those who inhabit it. Plans collapse, routes disappear. Electricity goes off, generators come on. Traffic rearranges time. Prices change overnight. Somehow, life continues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every break produces another rhythm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While writing Afrobeats Has Reached the End of Innocence on my blog (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/qudusonikeku.com\/blog\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">qudusonikeku.com\/blog<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), I found myself returning to Fela\u2019s Confusion and Confusion Break Bone, two reflections on Lagos separated by decades. I became interested in what happens when confusion ceases to be an interruption and becomes an atmosphere\u2014a condition one learns to inhabit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What kind of body does confusion produce?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps improvisation here is more than an artistic method. It is a technology for living: the body\u2019s capacity to listen, negotiate, reroute, invent, and continue when certainty disappears. This became one of the starting points for LAGOS is a R.A.V.E.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Lagos is never only what is immediately visible. Multiple times and realities occupy the same geography: ancestral and hypermodern, sacred and profane, street economy and digital economy, church vigil beside nightlife, masquerade and algorithm. Humans share the city with ancestors, spirits, animals, machines, rituals, objects and memories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>They are all Lagosing.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city becomes choreography without a single choreographer\u2014millions of negotiations, collisions, interruptions and recoveries continually composing and recomposing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The eleven young artists making the work with me are all graduates of The QSchool. They belong to a generation for whom Lagos is neither an idea nor an exotic spectacle. It is lived knowledge. The city is carried differently in each of their bodies: in language, gesture, humour, fashion, spirituality, music, hustle, frustration, pleasure, memory and desire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calling them simply dancers doesn\u2019t quite describe them either. They move freely between dance, music, performance, sound, fashion, visual culture and the languages of contemporary Lagos youth. The work has followed their multiplicity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somewhere between furious dancing, live electronic music, soundscape, archive, fashion, ritual, rave culture and collective euphoria, we are attempting to create something that does not represent Lagos so much as behave like it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For me, Lagos is increasingly difficult to separate from the question of who I have become. I was born here, left, spent years making work elsewhere, and eventually returned. Since then, I have tried to build within the city\u2014works, communities, institutions, possibilities\u2014while the city has continued working on me in return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>I have been Lagosing. And I have been Lagosed.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps that reciprocity sits at the heart of the work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LAGOS is a R.A.V.E. that unfolds as a journey through a Lagos day, beginning at 4:30 am and travelling towards 3 am. But time here is never entirely linear. The hours shift between current affairs, historical events, recent memory and things that have perhaps not happened yet. Past, present and future keep leaking into one another, much as they do in the city itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is at once a tribute, a reflection and a postcard from Lagos. It doesn\u2019t attempt to resolve the city\u2019s contradictions. It stays inside them long enough to listen for their patterns\u2014to ask whether beneath what appears to be disorder there might be another intelligence, another rhythm, another choreography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>And perhaps this is where the R.A.V.E. begins.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qudus Onikeku, Berlin, October 2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-gallery\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row center-xs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<block-gallery inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div :class=\"{ firstLoaded: firstLoaded }\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"images\" : [{\"id\":0,\"width\":1280,\"height\":853,\"alt\":\"Performance with dancers in colorful costumes posing on a scaffold, surrounded by an audience in the dark.\",\"title\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"label\":\"&quot;Lagos is a R.A.V.E.&quot; 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She has worked with QDance Company on productions including Reincarnation and TERRAPOLIS, continuing to develop her practice through performance and movement exploration.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"Anum Joshua Tervar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"AnumJoshuaTervar\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e71d6aa\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71d6ab\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">Anum Joshua Tervar<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e71d6aa\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anum Joshua Tervar is a Nigerian dance and sound artist with experience in both solo and group performance. He has worked on several local and international projects, including TERRAPOLIS, Glorious Epic, Dance Labs, and LAGOS is a R.A.V.E. He is passionate about creative exploration, learning, and sharing knowledge with younger artists.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"Matthew Chikwado Ilione\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"MatthewChikwadoIlione\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e71d7f5\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71d7f7\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">Matthew Chikwado Ilione<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e71d7f5\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Matthew Chikwado Ilione is a Nigerian contemporary dance artist, choreographer, teacher, videographer, and multidisciplinary creative from Anambra State. A graduate of QDance School, his practice explores human experiences, identity, emotions, vulnerability, and transformation through movement. He also works across visual storytelling, fashion, photography, and film.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"Evangel Chibueze Austin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"EvangelChibuezeAustin\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e71d987\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71d989\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">Evangel Chibueze Austin<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e71d987\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Evangel Chibueze Austin is a Nigerian multidisciplinary performer and emerging dance artist from Benin City. With a background in Theatre Arts, acting, and traditional drumming, he combines rhythm, storytelling, and physical expression in his work. His practice focuses on developing a distinctive contemporary movement language while exploring the relationship between the body, sound, and storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"Tijese Jatto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"TijeseJatto\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e71daf0\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71daf2\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">Tijese Jatto<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e71daf0\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tijese Jatto is a Nigerian movement-based artist and Afro dancer with a practice rooted in Afro dance, contemporary movement, improvisation, and movement research. A graduate of the QSchool One-Year Movement, Sound, and Media Course, he explores rhythm, stillness, body presence, and subtle physical expression. His work is interested in how the body can communicate through movement, silence, and presence.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"Abok Michael Ezekiel (BOKZEE)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"AbokMichaelEzekielBOKZEE\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e71dc38\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71dc39\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">Abok Michael Ezekiel (BOKZEE)<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e71dc38\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Abok Michael Ezekiel, known as BOKZEE, is a Nigerian creative artist and dancer from Plateau State. His practice spans contemporary dance, performance, skating, and fashion styling. He has worked with QDance Company on productions including Reincarnation, TERRAPOLIS, and LAGOS is a R.A.V.E., while continuing to develop his artistic voice through movement and interdisciplinary creative practice.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"Man Lizinmwa Cynthia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"ManLizinmwaCynthia\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e71ddc3\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71ddc4\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">Man Lizinmwa Cynthia<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e71ddc3\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Man Lizinmwa Cynthia is a Nigerian multidisciplinary creative, dancer, and cultural collaborator from Plateau State. Her practice explores movement, culture, identity, and storytelling, with a strong interest in creating meaningful experiences through dance and digital media. She has performed internationally with QDance Company in TERRAPOLIS and continues to develop her work across dance and creative expression.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"Bright Samuel Bassey\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"BrightSamuelBassey\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e71df1c\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71df1d\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">Bright Samuel Bassey<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e71df1c\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bright Samuel Bassey is a Nigerian dancer, fashion creative, and creative entrepreneur from Akwa Ibom State, based in Lagos. A graduate of QSchool, her practice spans Afro dance, contemporary dance, theatre, movement, and fashion. She is also passionate about teaching and mentoring young performers and creating work that reflects identity, culture, and personal experience.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"Igben Vessy Ifechiamaka\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"IgbenVessyIfechiamaka\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e71e05a\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71e05b\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">Igben Vessy Ifechiamaka<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e71e05a\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Igben Vessy Ifechiamaka is a Nigerian dancer, performer, choreographer, dance instructor, and social media professional based in Lagos. A Theatre Arts graduate, she has performed in works including M\/other, TERRAPOLIS, and LAGOS is a R.A.V.E. Her work also extends to arts education, social media management, content strategy, and creative communication within the arts and cultural sector<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template item-headline=\"David Emmanuel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"DavidEmmanuel\" class=\"block-accordion-item vue-initialize\" data-expanded=\"false\" :data-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\" class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'button-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_6aebc1e71e19c\" id=\"acc_title_6aebc1e71e19d\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label\">David Emmanuel<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_6aebc1e71e19c\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>David Emmanuel is a Nigerian movement-based artist and cinematographer with interests in fine arts and sports. His practice explores physical movement through visual and performing arts, combining movement, cinematography, and visual storytelling. He has worked with QDance Company on<br \/>\nproductions including Reincarnation and TERRAPOLIS, while continuing to develop his artistic practice through research, exhibitions, and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline block-no-margin \" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\".h2\">Accesibility Information<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy block-no-margin\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cLAGOS is a R.A.V.E.\u201d is a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">new <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dance piece by the Nigerian dancer Qudus Onikeku. Eleven dancers perform the piece in an exhibition space on the ground floor. They dance, move and celebrate to loud music from Nigeria. They wear colourful West African clothing. Videos are shown in the background. The piece lasts one hour and there is no interval. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the end, the audience is invited to stay a little longer and join in the dancing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The piece depicts life in the city of Lagos in Nigeria, home to more than 20 million people. It explores themes of joy and hope, but also <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">everyday<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> stress, conflict, and exhaustion.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The dancers show how people can find new ways forward together. They can help one another. And they can fight for their rights together. The history and culture of the people of Lagos play an important role.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sensory stimuli<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are sections with sudden changes in lighting and spotlights. There are sections during which it is completely dark. On stage, there are bright colours and loud music. There are also unexpected and repetitive sounds. The performers on stage move quickly at times. Projections are used.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Atmosphere<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The lights are dimmed or switched off completely. There are sections where it is loud.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Accessibility<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are spaces for wheelchair users, an accessible toilet and a changing places toilet (\u201cToilette f\u00fcr alle\u201d). If required, someone can accompany you to your seat.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Content Notes<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the performance, the dancers express strong emotions. During the performance, people on stage change clothes, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which may lead to partial nudity<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the second half of the performance, the audience is invited onto the stage to join in the rave. 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