Junadry Leocaria (Willemstad, 1985) is a striking appearance in the urban dance theater scene. Her professional dance career began at the age of 18 with the ISH Dance Collective. Leocaria then switched to Don’t Hit Mama where she spent eight years cultivating her skills. Through Don’t Hit Mama she worked with the legendary Archie Burnett who helped her to refine the art of waacking.  

In the development of her signature style, Leocaria’s knowledge of Curaçao’s cultural heritage has been a great influence. This comes to the fore in her acclaimed short film Imprenta (2021) and her solo performance Ta(m)bu (2018), and the theatre version of Sugar Coated (2017), all created at Korzo. 

Artist and curator Richard Kofi (1988) from Arnhem, explores incomplete histories and projects speculative futures. In his approach, present, past, and future are linked to each other. Kofi mainly makes drawings - his activities include his time as ‘city draughtsman’ of Amsterdam - he also compiles interdisciplinary art projects with special attention for collaboration with communities. 

In 2021 he was part of the art project Imprenta, initiated by dancer and choreographer Junadry Leocaria. She made a short film together with musician Ernset Cissé, this included twelve works by Kofi. These were the result of joint artistic research of the origin of Leocaria’s ancestors. He combined the symbolism of the knowledge systems and spiritual traditions of her ancestors into an original image language. 

This artistic exploration is part of a wider development in Kofi’s artistic practice, where he delves into the afro-futurist concept of Astro-Blackness. In this concept, Black consciousness is not only based on the relation of the individual to Whiteness and eurocentrism, but other ideas are also explored such as a Black position in relation to nature, the universe, mythology, technology and science.