Ula Sickle:
Kinshasa Electric
Kinshasa Electric
For the past few years the Toronto-born and Brussels-based choreographer Ula Sickle has regularly worked in the DR Congo. Her artistic encounters there gave rise to several collaborative projects. For Kinshasa Electric she teamed up with three young Congolese dancers to explore the popular dances of the moment, from local concert stages and nightclub dance floors. With German-Israeli DJ Baba Electronica, they created a soundtrack mixing international rhythms with local beats. Rather than focusing on the distance between Africa and the rest of the world, Kinshasa Electric pinpoints the many connections and exchanges taking place within a globalized context.
The performance delves into the blurred lines between here and there, between popular and high culture, art and commerce, authenticity and selling out. Sickle set out to capture the openness, ingenuity and surprise of the collaborative process.
DIRECTION Ula Sickle CREATION, PERFORMANCE Popaul Amisi, Daniela Bershan, Jeannot Kumbonyeki Deba, Joel Makabi Tenda MUSICAL CONCEPT, LIVE SOUND Baba Electronica (Daniela Bershan) SCENOGRAPHY Ula Sickle, Daniela Bershan LIGHT DESIGN Ula Sickle, Gwen Laroche DRAMATURGY Sébastien Hendrickx TECHNICS Gwen Laroche COMPANY MANAGEMENT Caravan Production ASSISTANCE OF PRODUCTION IN KINSHASA Dada Kahindo Siku
Co-production Kunstenfestivaldesarts, KVS (Brussels), Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival (Groningen), SPRING Performing Arts Festival (Utrecht). Supported by Vlaamse Overheid – Internationale projecten, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie. This project is co-produced by NXTSTP and DÉPARTS, with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union. Special thanks to Mohamed Bourouissa, Tale Dolven, David Helbich, Paul Kerstens. In cooperation with SOPHIENSÆLE.
photo © Bart Grietens
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