Oluwaseun Olayiwola

Oluwaseun Olayiwola is a Nigerian-American dancer, choreographer, poet and critic based in London. His work has been commissioned by Spread The Word and Studio 3 Arts. In 2021, he was a recipient of the Samuel Ross Black British and POC Artist Grant. He recently completed an MFA in choreography from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where he developed the hybrid choreo-poetic practice he utilises in his live performance and written work. 

In 2018, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United Kingdom. As a choreographer, his work has been presented in the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and the US. As a writer, his critical work and poetry have been published in the United Kingdom and the US. He became a Ledbury Poetry Critic in 2021.