Serious Play, with Oluwaseun Olayiwola

This is a 3-day workshop series of movement exploration, risk taking, improvisation, and performance practices. It prepares the participants to continually find fresh ways of approaching movement material with surprise, curiosity, and rigor. All sessions will begin with an improvisational warmup before moving into my physical explorations of space, the body, and language, facilitated through Oluwaseun Olayiwola's choreo-poetic. These sessions are suitable for anyone meaning with loads of dance experience or little to none. We encourage participants to commit to all of the following dates but it is not mandatory. 

Event Dates:

• Sunday, April 14
• Sunday, April 21  
• Sunday, April 28 

Biography

Oluwaseun (Seun) Olayiwola is a poet, critic, choreographer and performer based in London. His choreographic work has been presented at the V&A, The Place, The Central School of Ballet, and Studio Voltaire. He’s been commissioned by Ledbury Poetry Festival, Southwark Council, Studio 3 Arts. His creative and critical work has been published in: The Guardian, The Poetry Review, PN Review,  Oxford Poetry, the Telegraph, the Times Literary supplement and elsewhere. Seun has a MFA in Choreography from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where he was a Fulbright Scholar in 2018-2019. He recently began lecturing in dance in the Kingston School of Art. His debut collection is forthcoming in January 2025. seunolay.com 

We strive to provide a physical environment that is accessible to all visitors. This includes:

• Offering ground-level, step-free access to our spaces.
• Offering elevator access to our project space located on the first floor.
• Providing accessible restrooms for all genders on every floor of our venues.
• Providing folding chairs or other forms of seating at every venue.
• Welcoming assistive animal at our spaces and events.
• Designating drop-off zones and parking spots within the Design District for visitors with disabilities on Phoenix Avenue which is 160 meters away. 
  
  Contact ola@queercircle.org for any additional access needs