YIN YANG the film

YIN means (darkness) while YANG means (light): this dance film opens a new note of saying there are good white and bad white as we have good black and bad black.

The use of these two different colours is a very deliberate act, portraying different races of the world, having these two interdependent options as a crossroad of decision-making with historical significance. This inherited racial, biological foundation manifests itself primarily in physical phenotypes, as its occurrence is permanent to every human being’s decision. YIN YANG is a non-complementary force that connects. It describes how opposite or contrary forces can be complementary, interconnected and interdependent, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate. It is a crossroad of choices and options to the humans’ journey of thoughts. It is also to place more relevance on the other part of human reasoning as we cannot just have white as pure good and black as pure bad.

If WE never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer’s day. The desire and ability to connect with others is a fundamental aspect of TRANSITION INTO THE WE (humanity). Sexual identity is relative and shouldn’t be a reason for a difference, the same applies for the race or any other factor that WE have put in place to be the cause of our separate. In the current world WE have taken all of these into cognizance, forgetting the very one thing we all have in common: the TRANSITION INTO THE WE as humans. YIN and YANG have learnt to co-exist even if they are not a matchup or complimentary.

The Future of Dance Company

Femi Adebajo and Ridwan Rasheed 1st place Jomba! Open Horizons (Long Form)

Established in 2015 in Bariga, Lagos, The Future of Dance Company is a performing arts organisation that uses creative arts and culture in an accessible way to connect young people and adults in Nigeria to the globe, empowering diverse communities by supporting creative holistic projects, thus contributing to social change. The organization uses art to support young artists and further their educations and to empower the artists for a better future. The group is one of the most preeminent, creative, multi-talented companies, known for its prowess in dance theatre performances, both in conventional and unconventional spaces. Curating installation works, theatre works, dance works composed with different natural elements, the company is also known for using art as a social tool for community development. In the realm of “art”, the group’s graduation project called ‘Untitled Series’ is well known: this protest dance piece led to the repair of twenty major roads in the community of Bariga by the former governor of the state (His Excellency Akinwunmi Ambode) and, in 2018, was documented and published on African dance journal. The intense study of the Crown Troupe of Africa, Monster Truck (Germany), B.A.P. Production, Footprints of David and mentorships by various artists in the field had a formative influence in the company’s growth process.

The Future of Dance Company explores cultural identity and the artistic heritage of African and diverse communities to research and reflect on both personal and collective collaborative experiences and memories that historically remain relevant to our contemporary realities.

↗ © Kadima production

DANCERS

Victor John, Moses Akintunde, Yusuf Gbadamosi, Segun Ademeso, Tiwa Adenuga | ˝ Kadima production

Is playfulness important in creation?

Not really.

Do you think you could stop making art?

It is possible. Depending on the conditions

Do you feel or produce art?

Yes.

When do you feel lonely?

When I am not creative.

When do you feel powerful?

In my creative process.

Is art necessary?

Very, very necessary for humanity.

Reading

What makes you happy?

If my work is very much appreciated.

What gets you going again?

Passion for what I love to do and it’s make me happy.

Do you experience moments or are you the moment?

I am in the two parts.

How is your relationship with money?

My only relationship with money is too get more moneyand investe for future purposes.

Are you producing your own art?

Yes, I do.

Do you believe in society?

Yes.

In the past?

I believe in the past because there are re-incarnations.

The future?

I believe in the future. I know the things I saw before will come again in another way—no mistakes this time.

The NOW?

I believe in nowness because I move to my flexibility, my mistakes, ups and downs.

Are you here? Present?

Yes.

What is the you?

My creativity.

How is your relationship with death?

The only relationship I have with death is that I know, one day, death will for sure find me too, but not now.

Production company

The Future ofDance Company

Artistic direction

Femi Adebajo

Collaborators / Concept

Femi Adebajo & Ridwan Rasheed

Dancers / models

Victor John Moses Akintunde Yusuf Gbadamosi Segun Ademeso Tiwa Adenuga

Photo credit / cinematographer

Kadima production

YIN YANG the film

People United Magazin

Gefördert vom Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR