Mailles
DOROTHÉE
MUNYANEZA
2020
“Some of us are young, some of us are old.
Our stories differ.
Here, there and elsewhere.
We have lived through earthquakes, blood, crises, joy, darkness, laughter and tears.
We sail in the midst of multiple languages and daily dances.
Between anger and gentleness.
We live scattered across lands and continents.
I want to sit at the heart of this feminine nucleus, intertwining horizons.
These past years, I have met artists who are free, powerful, engaged, bold, hybrid,
who share the stories of long-oppressed peoples, scorned peoples, beaten peoples,
segregated peoples, long-considered insignificant. Rich encounters with people who
have so much to tell, to share.
Their stories, songs, dance, tears and laughter are like roots where memories irrigate
our stories.
Dancers, actresses, performers, authors, composers, cooks.
We are interwoven stories.We are melodies.
We are humanity.
We are crossings.
Beyond identity, we are geographical, generational and professional mesh. “
Dorothée Munyaneza
Dorothée Munyaneza has brought together 6 black, African or Afro-descendant artists for this creation. Together they weave intimate journeys through the spaces that cross and shape them, to create a symphony of voices, a choral and sororal show. Their words and their bodies tell a unique story of strength, commitment, insubordination and beauty.
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MORE ABOUT...
→ Conversation with Jean-Marc Adolphe, 2019 for the Birmingham International Dance Festival
Artistic direction, choreography & performance
Artistic and choreographic collaborations & performance
→ Ife Day
Artistic collaboration & “suspended” scenography
Scenographic consultancy
Vincent Gadras
Texts
Asmaa Jama, Yinka Esi Graves, Elsa Mulder, Nido Uwera, Dorothée Munyaneza
Music
Alain Mahé, Ben Lamar Gay, Dorothée Munyaneza, Alex Inglizian
Sound creation
Light
Stage management
Marion Piry
Sound management
Camille Frachet
Light management
Marine Le Vey
Special thanks
Hlengiwe Lushaba Madlala, Zora Santos, Keyierra Collins
Direction de production
Emmanuel Magis, assisté de Maxime De La Fuente et de Nouria Tirou
Executive production
→ Virginie Dupray – cie Kadidi
Coproduction
Théâtre de la Ville, Paris I Festival d’automne à Paris I Charleroi Danse, Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles I Châteauvallon, scène nationale I Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, scène nationale I Le Grand T, Théâtre de Loire-Atlantique I CCN-Ballet national de Marseille (accueil Studio 2020) I Next Festival, La Rose des vents, scène nationale de Lille-Métropole, Villeneuve d’Ascq I Théâtre national de Bretagne I Théâtre de Nîmes, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national, art et création, danse contemporaine
Avec le soutien du Fonds de dotation du Quartz, scène nationale de Brest I La Chartreuse, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Centre national des écritures contemporaines I Spedidam I Département des Bouches du Rhône I Ville de Marseille.
Dorothée Munyaneza was in residency in Chicago (USA) with support from the Face Foundation, the French Consulate in Chicago, Institut français - Paris, in partnership with High Concept Labs Ragdale Foundation, Experimental Station, Poetry Foundation, France Chicago Center at the University of Chicago.
The Kadidi Company is supported by the DRAC PACA (compagnie conventionnée).
Premiered on 23 October 2020 at Charleroi Danse.
