PROSES ON NEITHER HERE NOR THERE

YUSUF MUFUTAU

Set against the backdrop of global unrest, Proses on neither here nor there is a meditation on how we live, what we leave behind and the legacy we shape. It contemplates the fragility of human life and the quiet strength found in its impermanence. Through the body and the language of dance, the work offers a meditative space to engage with notions of mortality with reflection and curiosity. It embraces themes of decay, transformation and renewal, inviting people to consider death not as an end, but as a vital part of existence, as a cycle within the force of nature.

  • Premiere: 2025

    Set-up: Outdoors, in the round

    Age range: all ages

    Language: no text

    Duration: 20 minutes

  • Choreographer/Performer: Mufutau Yusuf

    Costume Designer: Maryam Yusuf

    Commissioned by CoisCéim Dance Theatre as part of BENCH, a collection of short original dance works curated by David Bolger, highlighting everyday spaces as creative places. CoisCéim is proud to be funded by Arts Council Ireland and supported by Dublin City Council and Culture Ireland

  • Mufutau is a Nigeria-born Irish choreographer, performer, teacher, and curator based between Ireland and Brussels. A graduate of Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Mufutau is a dancer with Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez in Belgium and in Ireland with Liz Roche Company and John Scott’s Irish Modern Dance Theatre.

    As a performer, he has worked with Emma Martin/United Fall, Catherine Young Dance, Pan Pan Theatre, Anton Lackhy, Ricardo Ambrozio, Ian Kaler, to name a few. Mufutau debuted his first full evening work in 2022, titled ‘Òwe’, which premiered in New York and subsequently at Dublin Fringe Festival and various other venues and festivals across Ireland and Europe.

    His most recent work ‘Impasse’ premiered at the Dublin Dance Festival 2024. Mufutau is a resident choreographer with Luail, Ireland’s national dance company, an associate artist with Solstice Arts Centre and Liz Roche Company, and a recipient of the Irish Arts Council Dance Bursary award 2020 and Project Award 2022 and 2023. His passion for improvisation and sharing has bought him to share his teaching practice to various platforms, festivals, and institutions such as Tipperary international Dance Festival, University of Limerick, the American University in Washington, among others. Mufutau is also a co-cutor of ‘TW1’ (Train With One), a bi-monthly workshop platform which aims to bridge the gap between the Irish contemporary dance scene with that of continental Europe.

  • On this project, we are collaborating with Eckhard Thiemann.
    For more information, check availability, please contact Eckhard directly: eckhard@eckhardthiemann.com.

A man performing a stunt with a large piece of fabric outdoors on a sunny day, surrounded by people sitting and standing near ancient-looking stone pillars in a city park with modern buildings in the background.
A shirtless man with tattoos performing a dance move outdoors between two large stone pillars, with modern glass buildings in the background.
A shirtless man performing a spartan pose with his arms extended forward, kneeling on one knee on a brick pathway outdoors, with an audience of sitting people in the background.

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