Archive for the ‘Burkina Faso’ Category

  Olivier Tarpaga attended Dialogue De Corps Festival at the Center for Choreographic Development (CDC La Termitiere) in December 2012. It was a scaled down festival this year primarily featuring West African choreographers as well as works-in-progress. This video highlights short excerpts from the festival with highlights from Senegalese choreographer Fatou Cisse and Burkinabe Choreographer [...]

Trace from Dakar: Dance and Technology in and outside of Africa recently finished their work with D-Clic Danse, a dance and technology workshop directed by Andreya Ouamba. Check out our recent video highlighting activities explored in the workshop.  

By: Esther Baker-Tarpaga copyright 2010 Baker-tarpaga.1@osu.edu *Dedicated to the strength and dance of the late Beatrice Kombe (1972-2007) from Ivory Coast, Madrice Imbujo (1975-2006) from Congo Brazzaville, and Souleyman Porgo (1972-2006) from Burkina Faso. Contemporary Dance: Africa Dialogues De Corps Burkina Faso 2004 “I did not study at a school. I developed myself from what [...]