Wanjiru Kamuyu | WKcollective’s Ireland TOUR 2026
Announcing Wanjiru Kamuyu's upcoming tour
This programme is proudly presented by the Regional Dance Network — Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Dance Limerick, Tipperary Dance, and Dance Cork Firkin Crane. As part of the tour, audiences are invited to experience additional award winning work by the visiting artist, Wanjiru Kamuyu, ‘An Immigrant’s Story’, at one of our partner venues. Enjoy a 10% discount on tickets as our way of welcoming you to explore more of the artist’s work and her powerful storytelling.
The Regional Dance Network is thrilled to announce Wanjiru Kamuyu | WKcollective’s Tour of Ireland in October 2026.
Venues in Cork, Limerick and Tipperary will present performances of ‘Portraits in Red’ and ‘An Immigrant’s Story’, alongside discussions and workshops with Bessie Award-winning choreographer Wanjiru Kamuyu (Kenya/France/USA).
For further information and booking, and to avail of a multiple-location ticket discount, please visit the venues’ websites.
Tour Schedule:
Tuesday 6 October | Portraits in Red at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre | More Info >>>
Thursday 8 October | An Immigrant’s Story at Dance Limerick | More Info >>>
Saturday 10 October | An Immigrant’s Story at The Source Arts Centre as part of Tipperary Dance Festival | More Info >>>
Thursday 15 & Friday 16 October | Dance Cork Firkin Crane | More Info >>>
WKcollective creates immersive, visceral experiences through the medium of contemporary dance. Project-based works weave stories and express universal experiences. Collaboration across artistic disciplines opens discourse and intrigue through the power of poetic expression in vocal and physical movement. Founded by Kenyan-American choreographer Wanjiru Kamuyu in 2009, WKcollective attracts multidisciplinary artists of diverse cultural backgrounds to the creative canvas. Drawing upon these art forms to stimulate fresh, innovative, vulnerable, raw, graphic art to generate personal and social reflection through a transformative celebration with dance.
Wanjiru Kamuyu holds an MFA from Temple University and began her career in New York with Urban Bush Women and Molissa Fenley. She has collaborated with artists including Bill T. Jones, Robyn Orlin, Bartabas, Irène Tassembedo, and Anne Collod amongst others. Since 2017, Kamuyu has created several works presented across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the US, as well as a dance film, La Visite (2020).
Presented in association with the French Embassy in Ireland.
The WKcollective Ireland tour is supported by the Institut Français and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations’ program, Mouvements.
