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adaku, part 2 confirms key commissioning partners

Wednesday, February 18, 2026   (0 Comments)
Posted by: Lauren Genevieve
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From Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born’s company Sweat Variant (United States), adaku, part 2 pitched at ISPA’s 2025 New York Congress.

Since its pitch, adaku, part 2 has confirmed lead commissioning partners as the Aspect Art Museum CO, The Wexner Center (Columbus OH), and Yale Schwarzman Center. The piece also been selected as a ‘National Performance Network Creation & Development Fund’ project, and it won a National Dance Project Production Grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts.

Following a premiere at the Wexner Center in October, 2026 adaku, part 2 will tour in 2027 and 2028.


Contact: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty, Booking Agent, Lotus Arts Management, sophie@lotusartsmgmt.com, +1 347 721 8724

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