Faso Danse Théâtre: C La Vie

Schedule

Thu May 01 2025 at 07:30 pm to 08:45 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Ontario K1P 5W1 | Ottawa, ON

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Choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly’s voice resounds in the space between the echo of his Burkinan roots and the call to learn about other cultures. Through exuberant, powerful dance, he strives to reveal the flaws of our current time and imagine community differently. “How can we all live together?” he asks. His most recent work—for seven dancers, a singer, and a percussionist—is inspired by initiation rites and the role of masks and is characterized by inexhaustible energy. C la vie is a new contemporary ritual uniting the Western carnival tradition with the Western African Wara tradition of the Senufo region. For Serge Aimé, encounters with others, with music and with time are immutable and essential. His work is a celebration of life itself, in which the stage becomes the reflection of our shared humanity.
Serge Aimé was born in Bobo Dioulasso situated in the southwest of Burkina Faso. He founded Faso Danse Théâtre in 2002 with the aim of creating a genuine positive dynamic, seeing dance as a social commitment that can be practiced by both professionals and amateurs to engage in their role as citizens of the world. All his works are created partially in Africa and partially in Europe, and his immense talent as a choreographer and as a performer has earned him the admiration and deep respect of a multitude of international artists and presenters. In 2020, he was awarded the “Prix d’honneur” at the Golden Afro Artistic Awards.
Stay after the show to continue the party as Burkinabe singer-songwriter Faso Kenzow along with percussionist Ralami will perform urban Afro-pop and reggae sounds in the West African style.
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Entre l’écho de ses origines burkinabées et l’appel de la découverte des autres cultures, le chorégraphe Serge Aimé Coulibaly laisse entendre une voix résolument engagée. Connecté au monde actuel, il s’attache à en révéler les failles et imaginer la communauté autrement à travers une danse généreuse et puissante. Comment vivre ensemble? s’interroge-t-il. Empreinte d’une énergie folle, sa plus récente création pour sept interprètes, une chanteuse et un percussionniste s’inspire des rites initiatiques et du rôle des masques. C la vie réunit en un nouveau rituel contemporain la tradition occidentale du carnaval et la tradition ouest-africaine du Wara de la région de Senoufo. Pour le chorégraphe, la rencontre avec l’autre, avec la musique, avec le temps est immuable et essentielle. Voici une célébration exubérante de la vie elle-même, où la scène devient le miroir de notre humanité partagée.
Serge Aimé Coulibaly est né à Bobo-Dioulasso, au sud-ouest du Burkina Faso. En 2002, il fonde la compagnie Faso Danse Théâtre avec en tête l’idée de dynamiser le milieu de la danse. Il voit dans la danse un engagement social à la portée de tous et toutes, tant au niveau professionnel qu’amateur, qui permettrait à quiconque de jouer son rôle de citoyen ou de citoyenne du monde. Il crée toutes ses pièces entre l’Afrique et l’Europe, et son immense talent de chorégraphe et d’interprète lui vaut l’admiration et le profond respect d’une multitude d’artistes et de diffuseurs du monde entier. En 2020, il a reçu le prix d’honneur aux Golden Afro Artistic Awards.
Continuer la fête après le spectacle alors que l’auteur-compositeur-interprète burkinabé Faso Kenzow et son percussionniste interpréteront des compositions Afro-pop urbaines et reggae de style ouest-africain.
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1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Ontario K1P 5W1

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