#dancegathering2018

Smile, you've just accessed a beautiful experience. I am sure many Lagosians are smiling today because they accessed, witnessed and created many beautiful experiences on the Broad Street over the weekend. Dance Gathering 2018 was a huge success, and i guess I'm not being too hasty in saying Lagos now has a contemporary street art festival. Well done to @qudusonikeku and his @qdancecenter crew for making it happen. The experiences created and shared in the past two weeks I think will live with some of us forever. Until we meet in Obalende, and the Broad Street again.... Oooooh I love LAGOS! . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2018 . . #lagos #nigeria #africa #dancegathering #dancegathering2018 #experiences #art #contemporaryart #artists #obalende #broadstreet #streetstyle #streetphotography #ashantiimmigrant #dynamicafrica #visiterlafrique #everydayafriday (at Broad Street place)

This man stole the show at the early hours of the first day of #dancegathering2018. He walked straight to @iamayoakinwande's installation and started singing and dancing. It was a sweet improvisation. Ayo's installation was like burial ritual with an open coffin and long wooden crosses in front of it. This man walked there and started saying some words in Yoruba, took his bible out and read from it. After that he sang a gospel song and danced. . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2018 . . #lagos #nigeria #naija #africa #art #broadstreet #dancegathering2018 #contemporaryart #festival #improvisation #installation #streetstyle #streetphotography #ashantiimmigrant #everydayafrica #dynamicafrica #artnewsafrica (at Lagos, Nigeria)

This man stole the show at the early hours of the first day of #dancegathering2018. He walked straight to @iamayoakinwande's installation and started singing and dancing. It was a sweet improvisation. Ayo's installation was like burial ritual with an open coffin and long wooden crosses in front of it. This man walked there and started saying some words in Yoruba, took his bible out and read from it. After that he sang a gospel song and danced. . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2018 . . #lagos #nigeria #naija #africa #art #broadstreet #dancegathering2018 #contemporaryart #festival #improvisation #installation #streetstyle #streetphotography #ashantiimmigrant #everydayafrica #dynamicafrica #artnewsafrica (at Lagos, Nigeria)

How do artists negotiate spaces so that it does not look like a a de facto move but rather a participatory encounter with the space and other people who use it? As artist take over BROAD STREET in Lagos this weekend as part of the Dance Gathering festival, questions like this will be interrogated. . . 📷Nana Osei - 2018 #lagos #nigeria #africa #art #contemporaryart #spaces #artists #defacto #invasion #festival #dancegathering #dancegathering2018 #dance #music #installation #broadstreet #performanceart #streetstyle #streetphotography #ashantiimmigrant #dynamicafrica #everydayafrica (at Lagos State)

I always look forward to seeing how artists interact with spaces outside their studio. Like how do these spaces influence the form, materials and politics involved in their work. For the past two weeks artists from different parts of the world have been in Lagos planning and producing works for the #dancegatheringfestival. Today, Lagosians will see the works these artist have been creating in their city. #dancegathering2018 takes over the BROAD STREET this evening and tomorrow evening at 4PM. . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2018 . . #lagos #nigeria #africa #art #contemporaryart #performance #installation #dance #streetart #festival #dance #dancegathering #dancegathering2018 #artists #streetstyle #streetphotography #ashantiimmigrant #dynamicafrica #everydayafrica (at Lagos State)

Meeting Alabama was one of my highlights from #dancegathering2018. I don't understand what he's saying but his attitude and energy caught me all the time. I posted a photo of him some weeks ago and told the story about how I met him. Hardworking guy! I hope he finds someone to manage him one day. . . 📹: @jlesliemonique - 2018 . . #lagos #nigeria #africa #rap #rapper #alabama #freestyle #dancegathering2018 #broadstreet #attitude #streetstyle #ashantiimmigrant #everydayafrica #dynamicafrica #visiterlafrique (at Lagos, Nigeria)

Artists at this year's #dancegathering festival are reconnoitering the theme "Body & Memory." It's been difficult for me breaking down the theme so I'm looking forward to seeing how all these artists are going to use their work to try and decipher this theme. International performance Weekend opens at 4PM today and tomorrow on the BROAD STREET! . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2018 . . #lagos #nigeria #africa #art #contemporaryart #festival #broadstreet #artists #dancegathering #dancegathering2018 #dance #installation #bodyandmemory #theme #graffiti #streetstyle #streetphotography #ashantiimmigrant #dynamicafrica #artnewsafrica #everydayafrica (at Lagos State)