The Belgian-Burkish choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly and his Faso Danse Théâtre present a dance performance inspired by the life of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, the inventor of afrobeat but also the figurehead of the resistance movement in West Africa. In 1974, he put up a fence around his house and proclaimed the Kalakuta Republik. From his 'independent republic' he fought for justice, with music as his most important weapon.
Serge Aimé Coulibaly translates Kuti's struggle into an energetic and committed dance performance. To rousing music inspired by Kuti's afrobeat, Coulibaly and seven dancers search for their position as artists on a continent increasingly thrown back on itself. Their dance is sensual and wild, they have paint on their faces like warriors in war. Kalakuta Republik is a blistering performance about Africa, but without the clichés. An Africa in a globalised world that Coulibaly wants to bring to the fore.
presale: 23€ - evening box office: 25€
CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAFIE Serge Aimé Coulibaly | CREATIE & UITVOERING Adonis Nebié, Marion Alzieu, Sayouba Sigué, Serge Aimé Coulibaly /
Jean-Robert Koudogbo Kiki, Ahmed Soura, Ida Faho, Antonia Naouele | MUZIEK Yvan Talbot | VIDEO Eve Martin | DRAMATURGIE Sara Vanderieck | ASSISTENT CHOREOGRAFIE Sayouba Sigué | SCENOGRAFIE & KOSTUUMS Catherine Cosme | LICHTONTWERP Herman Coulibaly | GELUID & STAGE MANAGER Matisse De Groote | TECHNISCH DIRECTEUR Thomas Verachtert | PRODUCTIE Faso Danse Théâtre & Halles de Schaerbeek | GEDELEGEERD PRODUCENT Halles de Schaerbeek | CONTACT & SPREIDING Frans Brood Productions | CO-PRODUCTIE Maison de la Danse (Lyon), Torinodanza (Turin), Le Manège –Scène nationale de Maubeuge, Le Tarmac - La scène internationale francophone (Paris), Les Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg, Ankata (Bobo Dioulasso), Les Récréâtrales (Ouagadougou), Festival Africologne (Cologne), De Grote Post (Oostende) | Met de steun van Musée des Confluences (Lyon) voor een residentie en
met de steun van van la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, service de la danse en de Vlaamse regering.
"In Kalakuta Republik, Serge Aimé Coulibaly magically unites music, dance and the African revolution."
La Libre Belgique
Kalakuta Republik is neither a biography of Fela Kuti nor an animated concert. Serge Aimé Coulibaly and his company were inspired by this figure to investigate what (artistic) engagement can mean today and, more specifically, the position of the artist once he is followed by a movement.
Location
Vrijbroekpark
Ridder Dessainlaan 65
2800 Mechelen
België
