Posts – TANTOLOUN Productions

Ayọ̀mi Dance Video

By adminPosted on June 9, 2021September 5, 2023Posted in PostsTagged contemporary, culture, dance, dance video, yoruba, Yoruba art6,822 Comments

Ayọ̀mi Dance Video was made using the Yoruba cultural art form with a fusion of contemporary dance. May you find Joy, Peace and Light as you watch this video. DANCERS: Oluwatosin Olooto, Sunmisola Taiwo, Joan Otitoyomi, Sanusi Deji, Omotilewa Ekisola, Ridwan Rasheed, Ebenezer Aremu and Esther Essien Ìyá Ìlù Bàtá: Babatunde Goodluck Omele Méta Bàtá: Ridwan Rasheed COSTUME: JDM Kreations […]

ORIGINAL

By adminPosted on May 22, 2021July 1, 2021Posted in PostsTagged art, community, contemporary, culture, dance, original, people, tantoloun productions

We should not compare ourselves with each other, as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.

To-Be

By adminPosted on September 22, 2020June 22, 2021Posted in PostsTagged art, Benin Republic, collaboration, contemporary, contemporary dance, Cotonou, Lagos, Nigeria, people, project across borders, tantoloun productions, To-be, Walo Dance Company

TO-BE is a collaborative work between Tantoloun Productions Lagos and Walô Dance Company Cotonou. The dance piece ‘To-Be’ is about becoming, the act and willingness to be who we are meant to be without any set back, regardless of what the society says, and at the same time, not neglecting control, guidance, sacrifice, discipline and the […]

Oneness

By adminPosted on April 22, 2019June 22, 2021Posted in PostsTagged art, community, contemporary, culture, dance, tantoloun productions, yoruba, Yoruba art

ONENESS is a site specific performance that involves the use of Yoruba Bata drums and flute as they synchronize with the dance as a symbol to portray the unity that exists in humanity. If we imagine that we are free of all labels, all separations and all judgments about this world and the life inhabiting […]