Alougbin Awoulath

Dancer, singer and choreographer, Awoulath Alougbin was born in Benin and grew up in Porto Novo, the administrative capital. She expanded her knowledge of traditional Beninese dances during her training at the National Ballet of Benin where she stayed for two years. In 1997, thanks to her uncle, the director Dine Alougbin, she met the Haitian choreographer Kettly Noël based in Cotonou who introduced her to contemporary dance. She took part in “Danser la vie” in 1998 and “Ilô” the following year.
In 2001, she took part in the Atelier du monde initiated by Mathilde Monnier during the Montpellier dance festival.
A performer in “Les feuilles qui résistent au vent”, by the Beninese choreographer Koffi Kokko, and “The Rite of Spring”, by the Franco-Algerian choreographer Heddy Maalem, she simultaneously embarked on choreographic research, continuing to draw her inspiration from traditional Yoruba dance. With other Beninese dancers, she founded the group SACAM danse, before creating her own company, the Cie Awoulath Alougbin. In 2004, she signed the piece Aga Oba, created with the Beninese Clément Kakpo and the Nigerian Qudus Onikeku. The following year, she performed in a solo entitled Les Petites Calebasses. In 2009, she created “#1 ange” which combines choreographic movements, songs and texts that she performs alone on stage.
In 2010, she was awarded a Visa pour la création Grant, which allowed her to develop personal research during a residency in Bordeaux. In 2014, she moved to Brussels and coordinated Radio Transit Lab, which brings together musicians from diverse backgrounds. She organizes dance workshops and is active as a cultural mediator for the Royal Flemish Theater (KVS). In November 2021, she presents her latest choreography “Aro Ilé” there, in which she seeks to show the connection between krump and Vodoun ritual dances.
Source: Dansons Maintenant!, Catalog, 2011 Edition Fondation Zinsou, 2012.
http://fondationzinsou.blogspot.com/2012/10/interview-avec-awoulath-alougbin.html

Programme du spectacle Bribes Urbaines, « Dansons Maintenant ! », Fondation Zinsou, 2012.

https://www.kvs.be/fr/cast/5608/Awoulath_Alougbin