Category: Program

NA KOLONIA

by Camille Badirou

Yêrêwolo

by Kuyumarts

abotrɛ

by Isabel Kwarteng-Acheampong

YIN-YANG

by Tadhi Alawi and Samwel Japhet

Kuyum concert

with Paraya Diallo

Kuyum conference

“Embodiments of Dance Transformation” One-day conference at Kuyum Festival, 10.09.2023 10:00-13:00 Concept, curation & moderation by Nora Amin Not only is Kuyum Dance Platform interested in presenting new forms of African dance, or neo African dance, it is equally interested in raising awareness and stimulating the debates around a new transfer of knowledge in the […]

Kuyum Collaborative

ONE or togetherness – that is what the Kabiyé word “Kuyum” means. Under this motto, five dancers from different African cultures try out new ways for a Neo-African dance: rapprochements and repulsions, strangeness and familiarity. A stimulating exchange begins! The process of “Kuyum Kollaborativ” brings the five dancers and their dance languages, each shaped by […]

Soliloque dansé

In the dance soliloquy, the body of the dancer Nestor Gahe becomes the medium in which society and the individual meet with all their forces, conflicts and dependencies. What happens when the body parts (individuals) want to follow their own needs, although the whole (the body) has to function? How does cohesion emerge in this […]

I am [NOT] a parrot

We use the word “exotic”, to label something that we cannot label. By calling it that way, we stop confronting ourselves with it. We are comfortable. We move day by day in different ways, and our movements are mostly automatic. I started this piece when I was being compared with a “parrot” by an audience […]

The silence of the spirits

In the current situation of a global pandemic, it is more necessary than ever to reflect on how to heal the wounds to enter the world of tomorrow. The silence of the spirits is a reflection on how to heal this world of tomorrow. With the rapid progress of new technologies, the world will become […]