Nkeiruka Oruche + Gbedu Town Radio

Created and directed by Nkeiruka Oruche, Obi gbawara’m//My Heart Shattered or What happens after I die? (OGB) is a dance-theater and cultural documentation project reactivating practices and artifacts rooted in Igbo tradition, as a point of departure for examining grief as memory and belonging. OGB uses Pan Afro-Urban dance, the now obscure and rapidly disappearing Ọdịnanị and Ọmenala, live and recorded music and soundscapes, ceremony, township theater-style storytelling, and short-film to restore heartbreak and grief rituals as a pathway for individual and collective liberation.

This piece includes indoor and outdoor components and can be modified for specific sites and locations.

Nkeiruka Oruche + Gbedu Town Radio create on the land of the Ohlone, Muwekma, and Chochenyo Peoples.

Estimated Artist Fee: $7,500-$35,000/performance, $8,750-$57,500/week, or $3,500 - $15,000/virtual.​​​​​