Wanjiru Kamuyu: Fragmented Shadows

Name: Wanjiru Kamuyu: Fragmented Shadows
Start: 2025-10-09T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-09T20:30:00-04:00
Location: von der Heyden Studio Theater: 2020 Campus Drive Durham, NC 27708

Schedule

Thu Oct 09 2025 at 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

von der Heyden Studio Theater: 2020 Campus Drive Durham, NC 27708 | Durham, NC

In Fragmented Shadows, choreographer Wanjiru Kamuyu—joined by two dancers—gives attention to invisible stories evoking the personal, ancestral, and societal inaudible wounds imprinted in one’s body – shaping our well-being in seen and unseen ways. Supported by epigenetic and psychosomatic research, the three performers trace an inner, abstract, and visual journey—stimulating and evocative, mysterious and carnal—through a sensorial, contemplative, journey into the body as a tapestry of memories. In Fragmented Shadows, dance becomes a practice of healing and release, transforming the body into a site of liberation. With evocative scenography, immersive imagery, and original music, Fragmented Shadows creates a powerful visual and emotional landscape where the body seeks to filter pain to retain only lightness.
Event URL: https://arts.duke.edu/events/wanjiru-kamuyu-fragmented-shadows/