Ruins
Concept, choreography, and performance: Rhys Dennis, Waddah Sinada
Sound design: Sam Nunez
Lighting design: Jonathan Samuels
Costume design: Kirubel Belay
Ruins' is an interdisciplinary project displayed through live-performance, film & photography. This work is a testimony of the generational trauma inherited by men from marginalised groups with the mission of creating a space where the black male figure is more visible and honestly represented in its full complexity. Through movement and visual art, the authors want to open a dialogue surrounding the myth of masculinity as it is felt within the Pan-African diaspora. They are deconstructing the power struggle within themselves and finding the balance between conflict, vulnerability, and co-dependency. Allowing them to own and repair our deeper anxieties that we have learned so well to mask.
Fubunation is a London based organisation founded in 2017 by Rhys Dennis and Waddah Sinada with the vision of adding to black culture by creating more visibility and representation for dancers of colour in contemporary dance. Their objective is to build more diversity in the audiences that come to theatres and other dance platforms. Their movement language combines contact improvisation forms with influences of Hip Hop and African dance styles. Since their debut performance at the Festival of Alternative Theatrical Expression in Croatia 2017, FUBUNATION has been gaining recognition nationally and aims to continue pursuing their journey in encouraging diversity not only in dance but through the arts as a whole.
Originally born in Sudan, Waddah Sinada is a London based dance artist and choreographer. Waddah started his journey in dance first integrating himself in street and hip hop styles alongside community led collectives. Later he went on to train in contemporary at The Place where he obtained a BA Hons degree in contemporary dance. Since graduating he has worked with a number of influential choreographers and music artists. Over the course of the last few years Waddah has been working independently teaching, directing and choreographing to further nurture and develop his voice as a young and emerging choreographer.
Originally born in London, Rhys Dennis is from a Jamaican & Barbadian heritage. He began dancing at a young age in Hip-Hop, went on to study at conservatoire's Northern School of Contemporary Dance and later graduated from London Contemporary (The Place). Since graduating Rhys has been working as an independent freelance artist; choreographing, curating events and artistic platforms for the companies outreach. He has worked with high profile music artists and toured internationally with a range of contemporary dance companies teaching workshops throughout the UK and overseas.
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