The QDance Company from Lagos, Nigeria, begin an extensive UK tour clustered together like robots, moving in jerky synchronicity and fluorescent bright trousers, while a slide on the back wall of the stage warns of the dangers of shedding our differences or pretending they don’t exist.
QDance certainly are different. Formed in 2014 by their choreographer and artistic director Qudus Onikeku, who trained in contemporary dance in Paris, they spent six years developing young dancers and exploring movement styles before beginning to present work. That richness shows in a textured piece full of striking images and deep thought.
