DIG 2025: The QDance Company - Re:INCARNATION (Nigeria)

DIG 2025: The QDance Company - Re:INCARNATION (Nigeria)
Date 17th May 2025 7.30pm - 9.00pm Price £16/£12 Location Tramway View map Book tickets 0141 276 0950 0141 276 0950

Part of Tramway's Dance International Glasgow festival, 9 - 24 May

Nigeria’s ground-breaking dance company explodes onto the stage with the sensational Re:INCARNATION.

An ode to the richness of Nigerian culture, this dance, music, fashion and visual art creation showcases the depth of ancient Yoruba philosophy mixed with Nigerian youth culture.

Bursting with pure and uncompromising joy, complete with live music on stage, ten dancers and two musicians perform the cycle of life with explosive energy, marked by the urban chaos of the Nigerian city of Lagos. Dressed in a kaleidoscopic array of colour and cloth, body paint, masks and props, they move with exuberant energy in this multi-sensorial work.

Paying homage to the wealth and profusion of Nigerian music, the show draws on Afrobeats, born
 of an explosive cocktail of jazz, soul, funk, hip-hop and traditional African music. In this mix of urban cultures, a reincarnation of the personal journeys of each of the dancers comes to the fore, marked by their individual signatures.

Recommended for ages 12+

ACCESS 
Audio described and Subtitled

Includes strobe and flashing lights

Especially suitable for Sub-pacs (contact Tramway to request one)

The QDance Company Credits
 
Choreographer/Director : Qudus Aderemilekun Onikeku            
Creative Producer : Hajarat Alli 
Creative Stage Manager : Isaac Lartey            
Lighting Designer and Technican : Michel Abdallah               
Tour Manager : Victor Adeshina Lawani       
Administrative Officer : Olajumoke Tayo             
 
Musicians
Abiodun Samuel Toluwase Fabiyi              
Simeon Promise Lawrence            

Dancers

Angela Uchenna Okolo   
Bethel Wisdom Henry
Daniel Oyinkuro Addy    
Emmanuel Henry David
Esther Essien
Faith Chukwuemeka Okoh           
Gift Chinedu Eze              
Grace Diepreye Okilo
Ruth Efigo Felix            
Ugochukwu Henry Oba

Header photo by Tristram Kenton

Additional photos by
Herve Veronese (top)
Jean Couturier