"An Immigrant's Story" by Wanjiru Kamuyu
Company:
WK Collective/Wanjiru Kamuyu (Kenya/France)
Wanjiru Kamuyu brings to life emotional stories of immigration through blending different dance styles with painful memories.
In this solo work, Wanjiru Kamuyu explores an immigrant’s place and sense of belonging. She takes us on a personal journey with intimate stories of finding herself uprooted, being different to others and trying desperately to find her place. Alone on stage, surrounded by 35 black chairs, Kamuyu tells us through her words and dance about the objectification, exotification and racism she has encountered on her travels around the globe. Like a crucible, she combines African, European and American influences in her work. Her nomadic body is an ever-changing map, stylised as something both assimilated and stigmatized: there is a satirical undertone to the performance that is compelling in its straightforwardness.
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