Past Performing Arts | Dance

Wanjiru Kamuyu

Fragmented Shadows

Midwest Premiere

a blurred image of three dancers sitting on the floor with their hands raised.
Oct 22, 2025–Oct 23, 2025
Available Times
  • Wed, Oct 22, 7:00 PM
  • Thu, Oct 23, 7:00 PM
Performance Space

Advance ticket sale begins for members July 7—join today!

Tickets available to the general public July 21

$25 members
$41 general public
$36 adults 55 and over
$12 students

For ticketing questions please call the Visitor Desk at (614) 292-3535.

If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Visit our Accessibility page to learn more.

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Wanjiru Kamuyu explores the body as a site of liberation through dance, sound, and imagery in collaboration with dancers Elodie Paul and Sherwood Chen.

Fragmented Shadows brings attention to untold stories of the personal, ancestral, and societal invisible wounds that imprint on our bodies and shape our well-being in seen and unseen ways. Supported by epigenetic and psychosomatic research, the three performers trace an inner, abstract, and visual journey into the body, weaving a tapestry of memories. In Fragmented Shadows dance becomes a practice of healing and release, transforming the body into a site of liberation and creating a powerful visual and emotional landscape. An internationally renowned choreographer, Kamuyu has collaborated with other notable artists featured at the Wexner Center including Bill T. Jones and Julie Taymor, among others. (program approx. 55 mins.)

Join us for live audio description at the October 23 performance. Program notes will begin at 6:30 PM. We offer Listen EVERYWHERE streaming, and a limited number of assistive listening devices are also available for your convenience.

Stay after Wednesday night’s performance for a brief conversation with the artists.

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Fragmented Shadows, photo: © metlili.net.

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  • Where to park: We recommend parking in Ohio Union South Garage on October 22 to avoid special event parking fees and ensure your validation sticker ($5 parking for the public and free parking for members) applies. Learn more about parking. 

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Wanjiru Kamuyu

Dancer and choreographer Wanjiru Kamuyu is an associate artist with National Choreographic Center Nantes (France), a New York Live Arts Live Feed artist, a Villa Albertine 2023 artist in residence, and Artists Supporting Artists (ASAP) Sweat Variant artist. Born in Kenya, Kamuyu moved to France in 2007 and began her career in New York City. She has worked with choreographers such as Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Bill T. Jones, and Okwui Okpokwasili, as well as director Julie Taymor (Broadway musical The Lion King), among others. As founder of the dance company WKcollective, Kamuyu’s choreographic projects are presented internationally. She has collaborated with choreographers Bintou Dembélé and Robyn Orlin and theater directors Jean-François Auguste, Jérôme Savary, and Hassane Kassi Kouyate. Kamuyu holds an MFA from Temple University.

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Program Support

Support for this performance provided by Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation.

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY

Doris Duke Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY

Greater Columbus Arts Council

The Wexner Family

Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

CampusParc

The Columbus Foundation

Every Page Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Axium Packaging

Nationwide Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

Joyce Shenk

Lachelle Thigpen

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Wanjiru Kamuyu

Oct 22, 2025–Oct 23, 2025
Saturday's Hours Closed
  • Wed, Oct 22, 7:00 PM
  • Thu, Oct 23, 7:00 PM
Performance Space

Advance ticket sale begins for members July 7—join today!

Tickets available to the general public July 21

$25 members
$41 general public
$36 adults 55 and over
$12 students

For ticketing questions please call the Visitor Desk at (614) 292-3535.

If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Visit our Accessibility page to learn more.

Become a Member