The Power Plant

Get ready to engage with Esie Mensah’s creative process, where movement becomes a powerful language for storytelling. In this workshop, Esie will guide participants through the deeper layers of her choreographic practice, exploring how complex choreography is built and how stories take shape through movement.

As part of KUUMBA 365: Second Edition, Esie Mensah has created a powerful dance piece inspired by Lap-See Lam's Floating Sea Palace at The Power Plant. Drawing from Lam’s exploration of identity, the dualities of the past and future, and the rich cultural narratives that shape our stories, Esie brings this dynamic response to life through movement. Her performance, filled with raw emotion and connection, will take place at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre on February 1, 2025.

Esie Mensah is an award-winning choreographer, director, dancer, movement director, educator, and TEDx speaker working across dance, theatre and film. Worked with Rihanna, Howie Mandell, Kenny Ortega, AGO, Nelly Furtado, Holt Renfrew, Toronto Raptors and more. On the stage, Mensah has worked as a choreographer/movement director on Three Sisters (Soulpepper/Obsidian Theatre), Russian Play, Victory, and Farmers' Revolt (Shaw Festival), directed Serving Elizabeth (Theatre Aquarius) and is making her debut at Stratford Festival choreographing Ransacking Troy. She was the choreographer for Scott Joplin's Treemonisha: A Musical Reimagining, presented by Luminato Festival and TOLive, which will be making its US premiere at the Harris Theatre in Chicago.