Mufutau is a Nigeria-born Irish choreographer, performer, teacher, and curator based between Ireland and Brussels. A graduate of Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Mufutau is a dancer with Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez in Belgium and in Ireland with Liz Roche Company and John Scott’s Irish Modern Dance Theatre.

As a performer, he has worked with Emma Martin/United Fall, Catherine Young Dance, Pan Pan Theatre, Anton Lackhy, Ricardo Ambrozio, Ian Kaler, to name a few. Mufutau debuted his first full evening work in 2022, titled ‘Òwe’, which premiered in New York and subsequently at Dublin Fringe Festival and various other venues and festivals across Ireland and Europe.

His most recent work ‘Impasse’ premiered at the Dublin Dance Festival 2024. Mufutau is a resident choreographer with Luail, Ireland’s national dance company, an associate artist with Solstice Arts Centre and Liz Roche Company, and a recipient of the Irish Arts Council Dance Bursary award 2020 and Project Award 2022 and 2023. His passion for improvisation and sharing has bought him to share his teaching practice to various platforms, festivals, and institutions such as Tipperary international Dance Festival, University of Limerick, the American University in Washington, among others. Mufutau is also a co-cutor of ‘TW1’ (Train With One), a bi-monthly workshop platform which aims to bridge the gap between the Irish contemporary dance scene with that of continental Europe.

CREATIVE TEAM

Choreographer Mufutau Yusuf

Performers Robyn Byrne, Jou-Hsin Chu, Clara Kerr, Sean Lammer, Tom O'Gorman, Hamza Pirimo, Rosie Stebbing, Meghan Stevens

Composer & Sound Designer Tom Lane

Lighting Designer Lee Curran

Costume Designer Alison Brown

Set Consultant Niall McKeever

Rehearsal Director Glòria Ros Abellana

Irish keening vocal improvisation recording performed by Ruth McGill, viola performed by Tom Lane.

PRODUCTION TEAM

Producer Miranda Driscoll

Production Manager Seán Dennehy

Stage Manager Lisa Krugel

Assistant Stage Manager Alison O'Shea

Programme Administrator Michelle Cahill

Chief LX / Programmer Eoin Lennon

Head Lighting Technician Ross McSherry

Audio Technician John Norton

Costume Supervisor Gillian Lennox

Wardrobe Maintenance Megan Culleton

Set Contruction & Fabrication TPS

Transport Trevor Price

Transport Owen Sherwin

Presented by Luail – Ireland's National Dance Company

14th - 16th May 2026: Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin, Ireland (Premiere)

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