Details
$25 / 35 / 49 Runtime: 1 hourDate(s)
Apr 21, 2022 – Apr 24, 2022
Contact
Box Office
888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days
Location
Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC
Overview
One of Europe’s most electrifying dance artists, seen previously in New York with Irish Modern Dance Theatre at La MaMa and 92Y’s Fridays at Noon series, Mufutau Yusuf makes his full-length NYC choreographic debut with Òwe—“proverb” in the Yoruba language. Using personal and found archival material as concept, visual design and soundscape, and with a highly-charged amalgam of traditional and contemporary movement, Yusuf seeks to decode his personal identity through the lens of the ancestral.
READ THE NEW YORK TIMES FEATURE
"When the charismatic Mufutau Yusuf is onstage, it’s hard to look anywhere else"—GIA KOURLAS
WATCH THE PREVIEW
Keeping you safe: For all performances of Òwe, please note that Irish Arts Center requires proof of full vaccination and ID upon entering the building. Masks are work throughout the building unless actively eating and drinking. Thank you.
Showtimes
Thu-Sat | 8pm
Sun | 2pm
Choreographer/performer: Mufutau Yusuf
Visual designer: Luca Truffarelli
Lighting designer: Matt Burke
Sound designer: Riccardo Vecchiarelli
Costume/prop designer: Nina Lopez Le Galliard
Master electrician: Trevor Dewey
Electricians:
Alexandra Christie
Nicole Malancea
Juan Coronado
Corbin Lenard
Carpenters:
Michael Harbeck
Nicholas Santasier
Jarod Bakum
Stage manager: Sam Shapiro
Developed with support from the Irish Arts Council Bursary Award.
Further support through residencies at Maison de la Creation, Firkin Crane, Dublin Fringe Festival, and Ultima Vez.
Presented with generous support from Culture Ireland.
Featuring
Our Supporters
Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
