Kamwe Kamwe
Jerahuni Movement Factory (Zimbabwe) // A PuSh Festival co-production
- Tue Jan 27 7:30PM
- Wed Jan 28 7:30PM
Presence // Resistance // Remembrance
Kamwe Kamwe (One by One) is a force of movement and song—a meeting of ancestral rhythm and contemporary resistance. On a sand-covered stage, four Zimbabwean dancers move through a terrain of poles, elastics, and projected images, their bodies speaking what history has silenced. Echoes of those disappeared through colonial and ongoing violence are carried in the haunting truths revealed through body and voice.
Choreography that transforms dance into testimony, this is a reckoning on racism and human rights—a body-to-body reminder that liberation is built in motion, and that no one moves forward alone. Kamwe Kamwe (One by One) is both protest and prayer: a dance of solidarity rising from the dust.
Artist SoKo Jena of Jerahuni Movement Factory is one of PuSh’s 2026 Artists in Residence. Learn more about SoKo Jena’s residency.
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Artist Bio
Jerahuni Movement Factory
Zimbabwe
SoKo Jena is a Zimbabwean multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, and founder of jena_practice, a platform bridging traditional Zimbabwean performance with contemporary artistic expression. A graduate of the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, USA) and the Dance Trust of Zimbabwe, Jerahuni has collaborated with influential mentors such as Peter John Sabbagha, Nora Chipaumire, Ja Willa Jo Zollar, Boyzie Cekwana, and Mamela Nyamza. His work investigates identity, resilience, and spirituality through movement, sound, and ritual, often combining live singing with contemporary dance.
His creations, including Kamwe Kamwe / One by One and The Architecture of Blackness, have been presented internationally at festivals and venues such as SPIELART Theatre Festival (Germany), In2IT International Dance Festival (Norway), Atelier Automatique (Germany), and Festival de Dança Itacaré Danse (Brazil). Through his practice, Jerahuni continues to expand Zimbabwean cultural heritage into a global dialogue, offering audiences powerful performances that merge tradition, innovation, and political urgency.
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1218 Cartwright Street, Granville Island, Vancouver
Content Advisory
Potential exposure to airborne dust due to sand
Archival images of racial and colonial violence
Showtimes & Tickets
Standard: $39 // Generous: $59
Credits
Choreographer, Artistic Director, Performer SoKo Jena Performers Chaleen Chimara, McDonald Julius, Jonathan Kudakwashe Daniel Creators SoKo Jena with the performers Live Singing & Vocal Ensemble SoKo Jena and The cast Set & Conceptual Design SoKo Jena Lighting Design SoKo Jena / Local collaborator Sound Design SoKo Jena Video / Projection Design Esther Manon Siddiquie, SoKo Jena Costume Design Collaborative (the cast with Jerahuni) Production Management Jerahuni Movement Factory / jena_practice
Created with Support from Charleroi Danse (Belgium), PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (Canada), The Canada Council for the Arts, SPIELMOTOR SPIELART Theaterfestival.