
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko by Erik Carter
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko is a Nigerian American choreographer, performance artist, poet, and curator originally from Detroit, MI. He is a 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Choreography, 2019 NPN Development Fund Award, a 2017-19 Princeton Arts Fellow, 2019 Red Bull Writing Fellow, 2018 NEFA NDP Production Grant recipient, and a 2017 Cave Canem Poetry Fellow. His creative practice draws from Black study, queer theories of the body, weaving together visual performance, lecture, ritual, and spiritual practice. His most recent works, Séancers (2017) and the Bessie nominated #negrophobia (2015), have toured internationally appearing in major festivals including: Tanz im August (Berlin), Moving in November (Finland), Within Practice (Sweden),TakeMeSomewhere (UK), Brighton Festival (UK), Oslo Teaterfestival (Norway), and Zürich MOVES! (Switzerland) among others. He is the author of two chapbooks and his poems and essays have been included in The American Poetry Review, The Dunes Review, The Broad Street Review, among others. His next performance work, Chameleon, will premiere at New York Live Arts in April 2020. Visit jaamil.com for more information.
2019 Artist-in-Residence,
Faculty,
MELT Faculty,
Artists of Color Council Former and Founding Member,
Studies Project Participant,
Festival Spring 2015 Curator,
[email protected] Artist Fall 2019
Past Classes & Events
MELT – Creating Your Biomythography: An Interdisciplinary Performance Lab |
Jan 8 – Jan 10, 2020 | melt |
Movement Research at the Judson Church |
January 06, 2020 | performance |
MELT – The Transgressive Body |
January 18, 2019 | melt |
MELT – The Transgressive Body |
January 13, 2019 | melt |
MELT – The Transgressive Body |
January 13, 2019 | melt |
MELT – The Transgressive Body |
Jan 7 – Jan 10, 2019 | melt |
MELT—Deconstructing Perceptions |
Jan 10 – Jan 14, 2018 | melt |
Diversity and Accountability: A conversation with the MR Artists of Color Council |
November 02, 2016 | event |