I interviewed Gaby Saranouffi at the KINANI Contemporary Dance Festival in Maputo, Mozambique in November 2011. Gaby’s new solo “MOI” speaks on women, sexuality, strength, abuse, aggression, and beauty. Her embodied narrative moves in and around a small set of lights- reframing and framing her female body, within the Malagasy cultural context. In this interview [...]
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Gaby Saranouffi Speaks on her solo “MOI” at KINANI Contemporary Dance Festival, Mozambique
Posted: November 28, 2011 in African Contemporary Dance, Contemporary Dance, KINANI, Madagascar, Mozambique, Women and DanceTags: Gaby Saranouffi, KINANI, Madagascar
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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 DanceThis 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 [...]
Hind Benali speaks on women and dance
Posted: December 12, 2010 in African Contemporary Dance, Contemporary Dance, Dance in and outside of Africa, Danse Contemporaine, Morocco, Video Traces, Women and DanceTags: Action Danse, Hind Benali
Choreographer and dancer, Hind Benali, discusses women’s issues and dance in Morocco. This clip is a section of a larger trace that highlights females choreographers from countries throughout Africa. This interview took place during the Action Danse Festival (November-December 2010).
Hind Benali speaks on Action Danse- Morocco
Posted: December 12, 2010 in African Contemporary Dance, Danse Contemporaine, Morocco, Video Traces, Women and DanceTags: A'kadda, Action Danse Festival, Association Fleur d'Orange, Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project, Bamba Diagne, Choreographer, Cie Metiss'age, Hind Benali, Momar Ndiaye, Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre
Hind Benali, Choreographer, Director of l’Association Fleur d’Orange, and Action Danse Festival director discusses Action Danse 2010, held in Meknes, Casablanca, and Rabat, Morocco. In the video there are features of the work of Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project, Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre, Momar Ndiaye & Bamba Diagne, Cie Metiss’age, and A’kadda. In addition there [...]
