Salia nï Seydou
Artistic direction: Salia Sanou et Seydou Boro
Creation: 1995
Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro meet in 1992 at the École des ensembles Dramatiques in Ouagadougou and both dance for the Mathilde Monnier Company. The Salia nï Seydou company was founded in 1995 by Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro, both from Burkina Faso. Based in Ouagadougou, the troupe in considered the flagship of the new generation of African choreographers.
The company’s amazing career is marked by four major compositions : « Le siècle des fous », « Figninto : L’œil troué », « Taagala, le voyageur », « Weeleni, l’appel » (with young choreographer Ousséni Sako). Over the last ten years the company has toured in more than forty countries.
In 2006, they invited and created with the multi-talented French instrumentalist and composer Jean-Pierre Drouet «Un Pas de Côté» at the Biennale de Lyon, with the instrumental ensemble Ars Nova. The same year, ils fondent et dirigent le Centre de Développement Chorégraphique La Termitière à Ouagadougou, au Burkina Faso.
In 2011 Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro leave each other, each in his way, but still managing together the artistic direction of la Termitière, in Ouagadougou.
In the hands of Salia Sanou and Seynou Boro, dance is neither African nor modern, but a fascinating hybrid that uses the body to the full in the expression of ideas and emotions.
Sources : Press Book – Biennale de la danse 2006 ; Seydou Boro ‘s website ; Salia Sanou ‘s website