Léna Blou

Léna BLOU, Dr. in dance anthropology, dancer, choreographer and teacher

Lēnablou has been influenced by dance since the age of six. She discovered the profession of dancer-performer alongside Jacqueline Cachemire and Jean Nanga and renewed this experience with other choreographers: Quentin Rouiller, Jean-Jacques Vidal; directors: Claude Moreau, Gerty Dambury and musicians: Luther François, Jacques Marie-Bass, Charly Chomereau-Lamotte… From the start, Lēnablou rubbed shoulders with the greatest including Bruce Taylor, Carolyn Carlson, Walter Nicks, Alvin Mac Duffy, Anna Czajun, Dominique Bagouet, Alphonse Thiérou, Carlotta Ikéda, Joe Alegado, Frey Faust, among others.

Throughout her career as a dancer and choreographer, she began numerous artistic collaborations: Maurice Béjart (Switzerland), Germaine Acogny (Senegal), Haruko Nara (Japan), Gino Sitson (USA), Jacques Schwarzt-Bart (Guadeloupe), Bernadot Montet (France), James Carles (France / Cameroon), Jeanguy Saintus (Haiti), Rui Moreira (Brazil), etc. Pioneer of a new aesthetics of contemporary dance from Guadeloupe’s traditional heritage, Lēnablou continues to probe, through her creations, the essence of a choreographic writing based on Techni’ka and the concept of Bigidi: aesthetics harmony from disorder.