THE PERFORMANCE
A body remembers what the body forgot.
SYNOPSIS
RE:INCARNATION is a journey through cyclical time. Drawing from movement, music, memory, and the energy of Lagos, Qudus Onikeku explores birth, death, and rebirth not as endings and beginnings, but as continuous transformation. The work asks what the body remembers, what survives across generations, and what becomes possible when we recover joy alongside history. Through dance, sound, and collective energy, RE:INCARNATION invites audiences into a space of return, renewal, and re-imagination.
TOUR · 80 PERFORMANCES
2021
La Rampe — Echirolles
France
May 27
Les Halles de Schaerbeek — Brussels
Belgium
Jun 4
Le Défilé
France · 3 shows
Jun 6 & 7
La Biennale de Lyon — Le Radiant
France · 2 shows
Jun 8 & 9
Espace Sarah Bernhardt — Goussainville
France
Jun 15
L'Imprévu — St Ouen L'Aumône
France
Jun 17
Teatri Reggio Emilia
Italy
Jun 23
Centre Georges Pompidou
France
Jun 30
Théâtre Rive Gauche — St Étienne du Rouvray
France
Jul 2
Théâtre Jean Vilar — Vitry
France
Jul 4
Mercat de les Flors — Barcelona
Spain · 2 shows
Jul 6 & 7
Kalamata Castle Amphitheatre
Greece
Jul 25
NUC Hall — Abuja
Nigeria
Oct 13
Alliance Française — Accra
Ghana
Oct 16
IF Scène Jimi Hope — Lomé
Togo
Oct 20
2022
Glover Memorial Hall — Lagos
Nigeria
May 2
Potsdamer Tanztage
Germany · 2 shows
May 14 & 15
Festival TransAmériques — Montréal
Canada · 4 shows
May 25 — 28
PS21 — New York
USA · 2 shows
Jun 3 & 4
Hippodrome de Douai
France · 2 shows
Jun 9 & 10
Afrolution — Berlin
Germany
Jun 25
Afropolis — Marseille
France
Jun 27 — Jul 3
Julidans Festival — Amsterdam
Netherlands · 3 shows
Jul 12 & 13
Tanzmesse — Düsseldorf
Germany · 4 shows
Aug 31 — Sept 3
Le Théâtre — Auxerre
France
Oct 7
Théâtre Paul Eluard — Bezons
France
Oct 11
Philharmonie de Paris
France
Oct 14
Théâtre de Cornouaille — Quimper
France · 2 shows
Oct 19 & 20
Châlons-en-Champagne
France
Nov 10
Le Moulin du Roc — Niort
France
Nov 15
Théâtre National de Bretagne — Rennes
France · 3 shows
Nov 17 — 19
L'Arsenal — Val de Reuil / Évreux
France
Nov 22
Scène Nationale 61 — Alençon
France
Nov 24
2023
La Ferme du Buisson — Paris
France
Oct 20
Cankarjev Dom — Ljubljana
Slovenia
Oct 23
Fondazione RomaEuropa — Rome
Italy · 2 shows
Nov 18 & 19
Culture Scapes — Zug, Chur & Baden
Switzerland · 3 shows
Nov 23, 25 & 30
2024
Queen Elizabeth Hall — London
UK · 2 shows
Sept 18 & 19
Milton Keynes Theatre
UK
Sept 21
Marlowe — Canterbury
UK · 2 shows
Sept 24 & 25
Brighton Dome
UK · 2 shows
Oct 1 & 2
Nottingham Playhouse
UK
Oct 5
The Lowry — Salford
UK · 2 shows
Oct 8 & 9
Hull New Theatre
UK · 2 shows
Oct 11 & 12
Newcastle Theatre Royal
UK · 2 shows
Oct 15 & 16
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
UK · 2 shows
Oct 18 & 19
Afropolis Lagos 2024
Nigeria
Nov 1
2025
Tramway
UK
May 17
Dublin Dance Festival / Abbey Theatre
Ireland · 2 shows
May 20 & 21
2026
Afropolis Lagos 2026
Nigeria
Apr 1
Taipei Performing Arts Center
Taiwan · 2 shows
May 2 & 3
Lagos — RE:INCARNATION × WAC EXHIBITION
Nigeria
Jun 5 — 7