Bench #5 | Mufutau Yusuf

Part of BENCH – a series of short live performances along the banks of Dublin’s canals. The Bench collection is a series of artworks inspired and informed by canals as valued cultural, social, environmental assets in our city. Curated by David Bolger, these original choreographies capture the idea of a BENCH by water as an everyday piece of public space infrastructure – a place to pause, to rest, to savour one’s surroundings, to contemplate, to connect – and engage the public and local communities with dance in unexpected ways through original short dance works.

BENCH was born from a unique two-year pilot partnership between CoisCéim Dance Theatre and Waterways Ireland. It began in summer 2023 and has seen commissions to Jessie Thompson, Favour Odusola, Sibéal Davitt, Tobi Omoteso, Mufutau Yusuf and Alex Vostokova. In 2024 the project was awarded the prestigious Business To Arts Kmend Arts Partnership Award.