About us
Meet multidisciplinary artist Alex Akuete and discover DAURA’s approach to performance, visual art, movement, collaboration and spatial activation.
DAURA — is a high-level performance collective operating at the intersection of visual art and movement. Founded by multidisciplinary artist Alex Akuete, the company translates exhibitions, installations, and artworks into live conceptual performances. Through artistic research and innovative movement development, DAURA positions performance as an extension of visual art.
After an extensive career as a dancer and actor in theatre, Alex Akuete expanded his practice by activating his own visual artworks through live performance. This evolved into translating the works of other artists, including Els Dietvorst, into embodied experiences. Seeking continuity between his visual and performative disciplines, he founded DAURA as a platform dedicated to researching and transforming artworks into movement-based interpretations.
The work of DAURA explores the relationship between ritual, memory, space, and the physical body. Rooted in conceptual inquiry, the company creates immersive performances that blur the boundaries between exhibition and stage, installation and choreography. Movement becomes a tool for interpretation a way to reveal hidden layers within visual artworks and offer audiences a renewed sensory entry point.
DAURA creates performance experiences for museums, gallery exhibitions, art institutions, contemporary art festivals, and cultural organizations. By embedding performance within exhibition contexts, the company offers institutions a powerful and emotionally resonant method to activate their spaces and connect with diverse audiences.
The collaborative nature of AAPC’s work embraces multidisciplinary dialogue across visual art, theatre, installation, fashion, and community-based practices. With a strong focus on artistic research, the company continually seeks new ways to deconstruct movement, reimagine spatial relationships, and expand how audiences engage with contemporary art.
Through its practice, AAPC invites viewers to experience exhibitions through a new performative lens where the body becomes archive, translation becomes choreography, and visual art is brought to life in motion.
