Initiative.dkf is a multidisciplinary arts platform led by Artistic Director DK Fashola and mononymous Creative Producer Wofai.
INSPIRED BY
Conversations
Unheard voices
Unseen explorations
The unconventional
The poetic
...WE
Produce theatre shows, festivals, dance events and cultivate culture through interdisciplinary work.
We also collaborate to create short films, give industry access and ad hoc mentorship to young people
"I cannot be the only walking conundrum"
DK Fashola, Artistic Director
"I cannot be the only walking conundrum"
WHY?...
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To explore the freedom of reinvention through the fluidity of artistic expression
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The love of storytelling
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To challenge what forms art can take and be or look like on black bodies
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THE POWER performance holds to create empathy, push past ignorance, instigate human connection
BOLD • Raw • truthful • direct • perceptive
AWARDS + ACHIEVEMENTS
Artists Of Change Albany Theatre 2021
Eclipse Award Winner Summerhall Edinburgh Fringe 2021
ACE G4A recipient Ludala 2020
ACE G4A recipient Fragments Of A Complicated Mind 2020
WW Consortium Commission grant 2019 - Scalped
ACE G4A Associate Producers SLCB 2018
ACE G4A recipient Melanin Box Festival 2018
WW Consortium Blueprint R&D grant 2017 - Scalped
Talawa MAKE: Sustain Artists 2017
ACE G4A recipient Melanin Stages 2016
Independently funded Melanin Box Festival 2015
“Initiative.dkf build work from the ground up blending authentic artism with actual empowerment”
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Act For Change
Supporters
Talawa Theatre
MAKE: Sustain Artists 2017-18