Faso Danse Théâtre

C la vie

2025-05-01 19:30 2025-05-02 23:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Faso Danse Théâtre

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36101

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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...

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Babs Asper Theatre,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
May 1 - 2, 2025
May 1 - 2, 2025
7:30 pm EDT

May 2025

  1. May 1 2025
    Thursday

    7:30pm

  2. May 2 2025
    Friday

    7:30pm

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A group of performers in deep wide knee bends performing on a red circle.
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“Serge Aimé Coulibaly’s effervescent dance celebrates the critical value of community strength, imbuing his show with transcendent energy. ”
  • In-person event
  • ≈ 1 hour and 15 minutes · No intermission

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.  

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May 1
  • 7:30 pm
May 2
  • 7:30 pm
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May 4

Artists

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    Featuring Serge Aimé Coulibaly
  • Production Faso Danse Théâtre 
  • Concept & choreography Serge Aimé Coulibaly 
  • Assistant choreographer Sigué Sayouba
  • Creation and performance Jean Robert Koudogbo-Kiki, Ida Faho, Angela Rabaglio, Guilhem Chatir, Djibril Ouattara, Arsène Etaba, Bibata Maiga, Dobet Gnahoré and Yvan Talbot
  • Singer Dobet Gnahoré
  • Music Yvan Talbot aka Doogoo D
  • Dramaturgy Sara Vanderieck
  • Artistic assistant Hanna El Fakir
  • Lighting design Emily Brassier 
  • Artistic direction costumes, scenography & video Eve Martin
  • Videographer John Pirard
  • Costume design Mira Van den Neste
  • Masks Stephan Goldrajch
  • Technical coordination Thomas Verachtert
  • Light technician Hermann Coulibaly
  • Sound technician Andreas De Roy
  • Stage manager Dag Jennes
  • Lighting design Emily Brassier 
  • Production manager Arnout André de la Porte
  • Distribution Frans Brood Productions
  • Co-production Charleroi danse (BE), Kampnagel Hamburg (DE), Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin (DE), La Rampe-La Ponatière Echirolles (FR), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (LU), Festival RomaEuropa (IT), Festival Culturescapes Basel (CH), Münchner Kammerspiele (DE), KVS- Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg Brussels (BE), Festspielhaus Sankt-Pölten (AT)
  • With the support of the Flemish authorities and La Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Service Général de la Création Artistique – Service de la Danse
  • C la vie is created with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government