2026Journal
Olorunoje, M. B. (2026). Stages of Survival: Reimagining Performance Spaces During Covid-19 in Nigerian Theatre.
Body, Space & Technology, Vol 25 (1) — Open Library of the Humanities
https://doi.org/10.16995/bst.26202Portfolio · Research & Publications
Scholarship that travels.
Peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, creative writings and conference papers — published across the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Nigeria.
Publications
Selected works.
2025Journal
Olorunoje, M. B. (2025). Techno-Spiritualities: Exploring the Fusion of Ancestral Energy and Lighting in Afro-Futuristic Dance Performance — A Study of Isese Dance Performance.
Dance Journal of Nigeria — ADSPON
2025Journal
Olorunoje, M. B. (2025). Navigating Covid-19: Challenges and Survival Strategies for Nigerian Performing Artists.
Journal of Creative Industry and Sustainable Culture, Vol 4, 234–249 — Universiti Utara Malaysia
https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jcisc/article/view/230862024Creative
Olorunoje, M. B. (2024). Isese (Tradition).
Dance Scripts for the Stage, Vol. 4, pp. 20–25 — Akinsipe (ed.), University of Ilorin
2023Chapter
Olorunoje, M. B. (2023). Semiotics of Dance in the Stage Dramatisation of Bakare Ojo Rasaki's Drums of War.
Performative Trinity: Rasaki Ojo Bakare's Theory and Practice of African Theatre — Alpha Crownes Publishing (ISBN 978-0-9935781-7-5)
2022Chapter
Olorunoje, M. B. (2022). Audience Perception of Female Representations and Empowerments in Nollywood Films.
Feminism and Femininity in Nigerian Films, pp. 25–43 — Ojediran (ed.), University of Ilorin
2021Creative
Olorunoje, M. B. (2021). In the Beginning (The Mysteries Surrounding the Origin of the World).
Dance Scripts for the Stage, Vol. 3, pp. 84–90 — University of Ilorin
2020Journal
Olorunoje, M. B. (2020). Theatricality and Functionality of Choreography: An Exploration of Kehinde Olalusi's Adunni Olorisha.
Dance Journal of Nigeria — ADSPON
2019Creative
Olorunoje, M. B. (2019). Aakhir Tak: An Indian Tragic Love Story (A Libretto).
Dance Scripts for the Stage, Vol. 2, pp. 156–165 — University of Ilorin
Research interests
Where theory meets the moving body.
Afro-contemporary performanceAfro-futuristic danceDance dramaturgyRitual embodimentNigerian theatre aestheticsPerformance & technologyCross-cultural theatrical expressionTheatre pedagogy
Conferences & papers — selected
- 2025
Festival of Art and Discourse — "Intersect and Intertwine"
La Cite, University of Regina (online)
- 2025
Practice-Research Workshop on Script Writing
Lincoln Arts Centre, University of Lincoln
- 2024
37th International Conference of SONTA — "Theatre, Historical Legacies and the Future of Ethnic Nationalities in Nigeria"
Federal University, Lokoja
- 2024
Wole Soyinka International Symposium — "Eni Ogun (An Enduring Legacy)"
J.F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, University of Lagos
- 2024
9th Annual ADSPON International Conference — "Dance, New Technologies and The Nigerian Economy"
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
- 2024
Howard University–African Studies International Conference (Online)
"Global Africa in the Twenty-First Century"
- 2023
Senegal Symposium (DSA & Ojaja University)
Ojaja University, Ilorin
- 2019
Paper: Dance and Ritual Aesthetics — Sango Festival of Oyo State
ADSPON Conference, University of Calabar
- 2018
Paper: Theatricality and Functionality of Dance Choreography — Adunni Olorisha
ADSPON Conference, IPCR, Abuja
- 2018
Paper: Societal Realities in the 21st Century and the Development of Theatre in the Nigerian Advertisement Industry (with O. Magbagbeola)
Maiden Conference, Performing Arts, University of Ilorin