
Lagos, Nigeria
Yemi Osokoya
Yemi Afolabi Osokoya
A movement artist, choreographer, filmmaker and cultural organizer working across performance, film and community practice.
- Naija
- ACE 2026
Teaching: Naija Dance (History & Foundations) · Naija Fusion ×2 — three classes
In their own words
“Naija Fusion — a street practice that fuses Nigerian street dance styles into a distinct movement vocabulary.”
Profile
About Yemi Osokoya
Yemi Afolabi Osokoya is a Lagos-based movement artist, choreographer, filmmaker, and cultural organizer working across performance, film, and community practice. He will be teaching Naija Fusion, a street practice that fuses Nigerian street dance styles into a distinct movement vocabulary.
He is a founding member of Westsyde Lifestyle and the founder of Afrocan, a movement-based dance community in Nigeria led collaboratively with a team of four executive partners. Together, they organize the Afrocan Festival, a platform dedicated to art, ritual, and communal gathering.
ACE 2026 · 14–19 October 2026
Classes with Yemi Osokoya
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Naija Dance
History & Foundations
8:15 PM – 9:45 PM
Naija Fusion
Drills & Choreography
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Naija Fusion
Drills & Choreography
Photography
Yemi Osokoya in frame
Career
Background
Communities and platforms
- Westsyde Lifestyle — founding member.
- Afrocan — founder of a movement-based dance community in Nigeria, led collaboratively with four executive partners.
- Afrocan Festival — organiser of a platform dedicated to art, ritual and communal gathering.




