Archive for the ‘Kenya’ Category

Women Choreographers: Articulating the Personal Political

Posted: August 20, 2011 in African Contemporary Dance, Atelier AEx Corps, Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project, Contemporary Dance, Dance in and outside of Africa, Danse Contemporaine, Danse l'Afrique Danse!, Donko Seko, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Shifting Center Cyber, Women and Dance
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This blog features Women Choreographers THAT ROCK: Juliette Omollo (Kenya), Mamela Nyamza (South Africa), Nelisiwe Xaba (South Africa), Fatou Cisse (Senegal), Nadia Beugre (Ivory Coast), Kettly Noel (Mali/Haiti), Julie Iarisoa (Madagascar). These interviews are primarily shot during the Danse L’Afrique Danse in Bamako, Mali 2010. Kettly Noel was the festival director and hosted numerous companies [...]

Adedeyo Liadi

Posted: December 9, 2010 in African Contemporary Dance, Contemporary Dance, Dance in and outside of Africa, Danse Contemporaine, Kenya, Video Traces
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Nigerian-based choreographer, teacher, and performer Adedeyo Liadi speaks and performs in Nairobi, Kenya as part of the Festival for Solos and Duets organized by Dance Forum-Nairobi.

Opiyo Okach

Posted: December 8, 2010 in African Contemporary Dance, Contemporary Dance, Kenya, Research Phase
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Choreographer and dancer Opiyo Okach is the director of Gaara Dance Projects. He works between Kenya and France and performs globally. This blog posting includes three interviews with him. Opiyo Okach speaks on his current choreographic projects “Territories in Transgression” and reflects on his previous project “Shift Centre.” In addition he speaks on the Go [...]

Fernando Anuagn’a- Kenyan Choreographer/Dancer

Posted: November 26, 2010 in African Contemporary Dance, Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project, Contemporary Dance, Dance in and outside of Africa, Danse Contemporaine, Danse l'Afrique Danse!, History of Contemporary African Dance, Kenya
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Interview with Fernando Anuagn’a solo “Journey to the Future” presented at Danse l’Afrique danse! 2010. His interview is part of BT Dance Project’s Shifting Centers: Dance and Technology in and outside of Africa which highlights current contemporary African dance work throughout various countries in Africa.

What is Shifting Centers: Creative Collaboration in and outside of Africa through Cyberlearning and Ubiquitous Technologies?

Posted: June 19, 2010 in African Contemporary Dance, Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project, Contemporary Dance, Cross-cultural exchange, Dance in and outside of Africa, Danse Contemporaine, History of Contemporary African Dance, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Research Phase, Senegal, Shifting Center Cyber, Technology, Video Traces
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Photography by Charles Kang Shifting Centers Cyber Dance Project Over the course of seven months, we’ll go to seven countries: Senegal, Mali, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso, and Madagascar.  The American and African transnational traveling team will meet established African-based choreographers in their home cities and document the conversations and movement dialogues in a [...]