Images courtesy of Sunday Obiajulu Ozegbe (Valu)

In Lagos we dance like what we have been through

Lagos Rhythm is an introductory dance jam session to contemporary street dance in Nigeria widely known as “Naija Fusion”.

Developed by renowned dancer from Nigeria, Obiajulu (Valu) Ozegbe, this highly physical session uses afrobeats music and Nigerian street dance in taking participants on a dance tour of the city of Lagos.

Participants will be introduced to Naija fusion while Valu guides them via improvisations, story-telling, and characterisation using Nigerian street dance vocabularies.

This workshop is open to all categories of dancers from Amateur, intermediate, to Professional Dancers.

Valu is a dancer, activist and creative from Nigeria. He is the founder and artistic director of Ennovate Dance House, a collective of dancers and movement artists based in Lagos, that are addressing social issues. In 2017, he was selected for training in Artistic Activism by the Center for Artistic Activism, New York. Through his work he focuses on amalgamating performance with community development, bringing the style of dance activism to the fore.