What am I willing to do?
What am I interested in?
What is good?
What do I procrastinate about and why?
What am I unwilling to do?
What do I think is good ?
What do I congratulate myself for accomplishing?
What do I berate myself from failing to confront and to implement?
What does it mean to be on top?
Where is the time for simple enjoy?
Constant Evaluation!!.
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DOP
@josh.defy
Edited
#OTFilms
#phaithot #otfilms @jacobjonasthecompany #otcontemporaryart #dance #art @nowness #explore@farfromthenorm
#Nirvana An OT Film.
An affirmation into a new state of being. expressing gratitude of self awareness and connectedness.
In this Journey, I’ve Seeked and found revolution,
Constantly Exploring and collecting,
Connected to consciousness
Conscious of my darkness,
Meticulously understanding the deeper essence of life, time and space.
Pervading through in a TRANSCENDENT STATE,
Exiting part from the limitations of the material universe,
aligning with my highest self,
released from the effects of suffering
everything should and will flow in a natural state.
My mind stays open.
I allow my ancestors Guide me
And their light shine through me.
Directed and performed by Faith OT Okoh @ot.contemporaryart
DOP : @yemiosokoya
Post Production: @fokosed
Produced by @beghastartcenter
Production Assistant @dmt_oke
#Nirvana #anotfilm #contemporary #art #Film @nowness #dance #lyon #phaithot @films.dance #dancer #explorer
“IN BETWEEN”. is a short dance film that unfolds as a visceral expression of an internal hurricane. It's a journey through the disorienting realms that swirl around me, yearning for collective reflection, resilience, and innovative solutions to navigate the intricacies of the human experience.
I created this piece from a realm of inquiry, Exploring the delicate balance between the genuine and the illusory, contemplating the odds that shape our existence. Delving into the intricate dance between love and lust, the intersections of career and life, and the harmonious coexistence of passion and purpose. This creation is a reflection on the ever-shifting dynamics of the present, the echoes of the past, and the unfolding possibilities of the future.
DIRECTION, PERFORMANCE AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Faith OT Okoh
DOP / POST PRODUCTION @yemiosokoya
🎶 @thatgirlbishop
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT @adilaringz
PRODUCTION COMPANY @beghaststudios
#inbetween #anotfilm #contemporary #art #Film #dance #lyon #phaithot
EMERGING FUTURE
We are paying close attention to the artist whose work signals where culture is moving next.
The cover traces artists in the middle of becoming, while the work is still forming, mutating, searching for its final shape.
Who are the new voices shaping the future, writing new myths with their art? Tag them in the comment
And we’re off!
Here’s a recap of our first #ChoreoCinemaWorld event!
We want to thank everyone who’s made our film night possible! Panelists, filmmakers, audience members and each person who’s in one way or another contributed to making this possible.
Watch this space for more posts from the Night and future updates!
#film #chroeocinemaworld #nigeria
Filmed and edited: @ogbakistudio
Thank you @ccalagos@theosaretinmwen@abelmosesemelike@uptown_oyinda
Choreo Cinema World 🌎
Not just film. Not just dance.
But the space in between,
where movement becomes image and image begins to move.
Save the date.
#film
#discussions
#dance
#cinema
“One of my focus right now is to document and archive our contemporary movement culture… done in our time… done by majority of young people”
Listen to @phaith.ot reflections on the collaborative and forward-thinking nature of our current generation and his place in Choreo Cinema World.
#chroeocinemaworld #film #nigeria
Choreographing for a music video or any corporation does not mean they own your choreography.
Your choreography is intellectual property.
It is also your catalogue.
Just ask Darrin Henson, currently in a legal battle with Sony Music Entertainment over the use of his work.
We’ve been having this conversation on Speaking Dance, from our conference Rhythm. Rights. Revenue. to our latest episode with Dorathy Ugonwa Obiayo.
Because here’s the truth most dancers ignore:
Your movement is not just an expression, it’s IP.
If you’re building anything in dance, you need to understand this.
Click the link in bio @speakingdance_ to watch the full episode.
#DanceIP #DarrinHenson #SonyLawsuit #ByeByeBye #SpeakingDance
There’s a way some people move through culture, not chasing it, not gatekeeping it, but holding it long enough to understand what it’s becoming.
Yemi Osokoya and Faith OT Okoh have been in that position for years. Together, they’ve built A Myth From Da Future, a multidisciplinary platform working across an editorial magazine, film and video, and a public gathering series, Town Square.
For our first issue, #TheCarriers, we sat with Yemi (Founder & Artistic Director), Faith (Creative Partner & Chief Editor), and Chidera Nwobodo (Project Manager) to trace the thinking behind Da Myth and what this platform could mean for da representation of African creatives.
Discover Da Myth and Da Carriers via the link in bio.
CREDITS
Authored by @phaith.ot
Artistic Director @yemiosokoya
Photography @yemiosokoya and @phaith.ot
Stylist @idemvdia@wackng
Project manager @cityboycan_
Dance is beautiful. Dance is energetic. Dance can push your music. Dance can sell your product.
But can dance shape global discourse?
Can it hold tension, shift narratives, and begin to heal a community?
Nine years ago, after earning my first degree in dance, I found myself sitting with a question many creatives ask: what’s next?
But mine came from discomfort. From recognising an invisible design that many dancers in Nigeria are expected to stay within.
Beyond performance. Beyond battles. Beyond social media validation. Beyond being “the best.”
What does this body become when it has moved through cities, streets, countries, stages, different weather, and different realities?
I am becoming something I do not yet have language for. It’s not an exit from dance, but an expansion of what it can hold, what it can do, and where it can exist.
My film On The Other Side is part of that becoming.
It is opening me into new questions, new knowledge, and new spaces I once only imagined.
On April 18, 2026, after a screening of the film, someone asked me:
With everything happening in Nigeria, in Kaduna, why dance?
I chose dance because it can go where words fail.
Because it can sit inside tension without denying it.
Because it can build bridges where division has become normal.
Because sometimes, the body is the last place truth can live fully expressed.
On The Other Side is my response to that question.
Directed/Created by Faith OT Okoh
From the lens of Joshua Akubo
📸 @oluyomiakin_
#beghastfoundation #storymiacademy #nigeria
Meet our program/festival director
Faith Okoh is a Lagos-based multidisciplinary dance artist, filmmaker, culture writer, and cultural producer working at the intersection of performance, archive, and social inquiry. His work examines dance as both a site of knowledge and a social strategy, a means of remembering, organizing, and reimagining communal life within contemporary African contexts.
Working within and beyond Nigeria, he engages the global creative economy through questions of access, authorship, and cultural value. He is particularly interested in how artistic knowledge is produced and circulated, and how movement-based practices can engage communities while questioning who is seen, supported, and given access within the cultural ecosystem.
Central to his practice is a commitment to decentralization, redistributing cultural attention, resources, and infrastructure beyond established centers of power. Through choreography and cultural strategy, he approaches movement as a form of language that connects bodies, ideas, and geographies, re-examines history, and reshapes how identity is constructed.
As Founder and Creative Lead of Beghast Dance and Creative Arts Foundation, he has developed initiatives such as Speaking Dance, Moving Grounds Journal, and In The Studio as platforms for dialogue, archival practice, and capacity building. These programs function as long-term interventions into the conditions that shape artistic production, visibility, and sustainability for dancers and cultural workers.
His work contributes to broader conversations on representation, equity, and the role of artists within evolving cultural and economic systems.
The future is here!
A Myth From Da Future Editorial Magazine is here.
Wherever you are, dreaming, shaping culture, experimenting with forms… building across dance, film, sound, fashion”
“You are part of this.”
If you are tired of being reduced to ‘African creative’ without nuance… If your work carries more than one geography…
This is for you!
Visit amythfromdafuture.com 💡
Directed and edited by @yemiosokoya
Written by @phaith.ot
Styled by @idemvdia@wackng
#magazine #editorial #panafricanism
