Okwui Okpokwasili is a multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, actor, writer, and luminous stage presence with the talent to hold and unsettle audiences. Finding beauty and strength in a ‘broken body,’ she shimmers, spasms, slams the air, repeats physical gestures, deploys multiple generations of performers, and is – always – alive to the possibilities of energetic interchange between performer and audience. What happens? Spectacular intimacy. Viewing the body as a site of protest, her generous, socially engaged work draws on history (The Nigerian Women’s War of 1929; the Boko Haram kidnappings of more than 300 girls) and literature (Amos Tutuola, Octavia Butler…) A Bessie Award winner, she has collaborated and performed with Herb Alpert Award winners Ralph Lemon and Nora Chipaumire, and is currently a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University.