Company
WKCOLLECTIVE
WKcollective creates immersive, visceral experiences through the medium of contemporary dance. Project-based works weave stories and express universal experiences. Collaboration across artistic disciplines opens discourse and intrigue through the power of poetic expression in vocal and physical movement.
Founded by choreographer Wanjiru Kamuyu in 2009, WKcollective attracts multidisciplinary artists of diverse cultural backgrounds to the creative canvas. Drawing upon these art forms to stimulate fresh, innovative, vulnerable, raw, graphic art to generate personal and social reflection through a transformative celebration with dance.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Artistic Director & Choreographer
Wanjiru Kamuyu
” Fueled by unearthing and illuminating un-heard, under-heard, untold, rarely heard, ignored stories, especially of marginalized communities, my work conceives the body as a vector for liberation and healing. Dance is a space of self-transformation and expression, moving beyond words to penetrate the depths of the cellular invisible body. I create socially and politically engaged works that speak to our human conditions. My works aim to stimulate, evoke and provoke individual and collective reflection through the transformative celebration of dance. Dance gives birth to our limitless potential, providing a window of investigation into the fears, questions, desires that hide in our thoughts and spirit. “