Ogemdi Ude / Akunna Material

Ogemdi Ude / Akunna Material is the project based company of choreographer and director Ogemdi Ude, producing original dance, theater, and installation works in which Black diasporic cultural forms meet an experimental contemporary vernacular. Their practice engages the fleshiness of Black femme and queer bodies in motion as sites for enlivening lost peoples and histories. At the root is understanding the necessity of journeying through grief, and how—in the midst of it—we attempt to make meaning from memory and show evidence of our relationship to the lost subject. Engaging a roster of world renowned performers, designers, and visual artists, Ogemdi Ude / Akunna Material empowers audiences and collaborators to reckon with the past, present, and futures of Black folks in collective motion.