23 Feb Dance
Umuko
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Dorothée Munyaneza
Cie Kadidi
France-Rwanda
For 28 years, I have settled far from my homeland.
28 years of living on new lands.
28 years of anchoring myself elsewhere.
First, London, then Paris, and today, Marseille.
28 years of not forgetting umuko, that tree that illuminates my childhood. That tree that resonates only in the native language. That tree of vivid red color, earthy red, which connects me to what begins, to what is lost and found again, with every return, to what continues…
Artistic Direction: Dorothée Munyaneza
With: Yvette Fasha, Nkubana Jean Patient, Impakanizi, Abdoul Mujyambere, Michael Makembe
Sound: Camille Frachet
Coiffe: Muhawenimana Maximilien et Mizero Cedric
Compositions Originales: Impakanizi, Nkubana Jean-Patient et Michael Makembe
Production: Virginie Dupray assistée de Nouria Tiroui/ cie Kadidi
Coproductions: Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, Chaillot Théâtre national de la danse, Maison de la danse Lyon – Pôle européen de création, PACT ZollVerein Essen, deSingel Anvers, Julidans Amsterdam, Tanz im August – HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Kaai Theater Bruxelles, Oriente-Occidente festival Rovereto
With the Support of Institut français du Rwanda, Goethe-Institut, Franco-German Fund for Culture
Illustration: Maya Mihindou