American and Indigenous Studies Program and Center for Indigenous Studies Present

Community Sing Circle

A Community Sing and Movement Circle is a gathering space to commune, heal, rejoice and reflect collectively through the power of song and movement. The space invites an invocation of the human spirit in celebration and upliftment. Drawing upon African and African American traditions of song and movement as vectors of liberation, participants will sing and move while engaging in the discovery and
rediscovery of their communal points of connection. Through a collective energy each individual will bring forth and share through their unique and powerful sources of expression all while appreciating the beauty of diversity as an attribute to their community. No prior movement or singing experience is required. A body, a voice an open and willing spirit is all that one needs to bring to the circle.

Wanjiru Kamuyu (choreographer, dancer and teacher)
Founder of WKcollective
Masters of Fine Arts (performance & choreography – Temple University (USA)
www.caminaktion.eu/en/wkcollective/

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Wanjiru Kamuyu, native Kenyan based in Paris, France, is associate artist with the National Choreographic Center Nantes (France), a Live Feed artist with New York Live Arts (USA) and seasons 2022 to 2024 was associate artist with Theater L’Onde (Vélizy, France).
Kamuyu founded dance company, WKcollective, which is associate company with creative production agency camin aktion (Montpellier, France). Her choreographic works “Portaits in red”, “An Immigrant’s Story”, “Fragmented Shadows” and dance short “La visite” tour in the US, Africa, Asia and Europe. Commissions include collaborations with directors Jérôme Savary (France); Jean François Auguste (France); Hassan Kassi Kouyate (France); US esteemed dance departments (Mills College, University of Michigan, Wayne State
University, Stephens College); artistic consulting/outside eye for choreographer Bintou Dembele; choreographer assistant to Nathan Trice; storyteller Nathalie La Boucher; and community engagement projects with New WORLD Theater (USA), choreographer Eun-mi Ahn (Festival Paris Quartier d’Été), Euroculture and the National Center for Dance project Assemblé (France). Her career began with its genesis in New York City. As a performer she has worked with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Bill T. Jones, Molissa Fenley, Anita
Gonzales, Okwui Okpokwasili, Nathan Trice, Dean Moss, Tania Isaac… and in Europe with choreographers Robyn Orlin, Emmanuel Eggermont, Anne Collod, River Lin, Nathalie Pubellier, Irène Tassembedo, Bartabas, Stefanie Batten Bland, director/writer Françoise Dô, writers Karthika Naïr, Deepak Unnikrishnan, visual artist Jean-Paul Goude and TV director Christian Faure. Alongside Kamuyu has performed in industrials, television and Broadway musicals, The Lion King (Paris) and FELA ! (UK and Equity European and US
tours). While touring she offers master classes and workshops for dance companies, universities, community and dance centers. Kamuyu holds a MFA (performance &choreography) from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA). She has served as
Visiting Guest Professor at Mills College (USA) and is currently core faculty for University of South Florida’s Dance in Paris semester and summer programs.

www.caminaktion.eu/en/wkcollective/
Instagram : wanjirudance
Facebook : Wanjiru Kamuyu

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Bard Chapel

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