How did you make the connection with Woking Dance Festival and the Dance Dialogues project?
I met Eckhard Thiemann (former Director of Woking Dance Festival) in 2005 at Godown Arts Centre in Nairobi. In 2006, I was presenting work at community centres in Nairobi as part of a boys’ project and Eckhard saw a solo I had choreographed on one of the boys who was 14 years old at the time. That was when he proposed that I could come and be a part of the Dance Dialogues exchange programme. So in October 2007, I came on my first trip to the UK, along with Kebaya Moturi. I’ve now come for a second trip on my own. What were your first impressions of the UK Dance scene? I was impressed by the community centres and arts centres that work with Woking. I was impressed mainly because work at home is self-produced. There is not as much infrastructure. When I do a series of performances at community centres, it’s less structured. I am among the pioneers. Here, there is a structure, funding, support and a network. I felt well supported and to top it all, I was being paid! So what are the fundin
