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Yewande 103 

our stories live in our bodies

Dance, creativity and care to reconnect and inspire change.

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Yewande 103 is a Black, disabled-led and parent-led dance organisation founded in 2020 by artist and writer Alexandrina Yewande Hemsley.

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Yewande—Alexandrina’s middle name, passed through generations of women in her family—comes from the Yorùbá meaning “mother has returned”.

 

Our company is grounded in cyclical, nurturing, and embodied approaches to practice, exploring breath, voice, and connection amidst inequity.

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Our work spans performance, film, workshops, and community practice, creating care-centred spaces for repair, gathering, and creative exchange.

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Our New Work:
Many Lifetimes

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An intergenerational live performance created 2024–2026, exploring change, loss and repair.
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Premiering 26-27th March 2026 at Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, following development at Dance City and Battersea Arts Centre.

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Creative Engagement & Consultancy

We offer workshops, community projects, and creative consultancy that explore dance, writing, and reflective practice. Rooted in care and accessibility, these sessions help participants and organisations reconnect to their bodies and imagination.

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Alexandrina’s values, insights and curiosity flowed through all of these encounters and have contributed towards our policies, engagement with communities and artists and understanding the possibilities of new models of choreography and interdisciplinary performance.

 

Louise Costello, Artistic Director, Dance Ireland

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Image Credits

Slideshow Images: Fountain Still featuring dancer Rudzani Moelya, Many Lifetimes Collage featuring dancer Rickae Hewitt-Martin, 2024, Fountain Still featuring ,  Rickae Hewitt-Martin, Rudzani Moelya and Shahada Nantaba, 2022  

Image 2: Fountain Still featuring dancer Shahada Nantaba, 2022

Image 3: Many Lifetimes featuring dancer Pierre Babbage, 2024

All other images: Alexandrina Hemsley/Yewande 103

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