Dance

Mufutau Yusuf: Òwe

NYC debut of the artist’s full-length choreographic work

Details

$25 / 35 / 49 Runtime: 1 hour
Date(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

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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.

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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.

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