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Boyakodah

Choreography

Georges Momboye

Collection

Maison de la danse

Year of production

2008

Year of creation

2004

With looks that meet, steady or subdued rhythms, teeming bodies here and there, ‘Boyakodah’ (which means happiness in Guéré, a language from the west of Ivory Coast) is a true hymn to life. Georges Momboye explores all its facets. In addition to the almost carnal light bathing the moving bodies, he supplements the talents of the performers with two objects: a pestle and mortar, complementary sexual symbols, representing procreation, strength and harmony.
The performance seeks out the point of balance between body and soul, between rhythm and silence, to evoke the ultimate and absolute aspiration of mankind to happiness and pleasure.

Source : Georges Momboye company

Choreography

Georges Momboye

Collection

Maison de la danse

Year of production

2008

Year of creation

2004

Choreography assistance

Saul Dovin, Stefanie Batten Bland

Duration

70′

Lights

Xavier Ferreira de Lima, Frédéric Poullain

Music live

Chanteuse Aissata Kouyate doumdoums accompagnement Dany Seh N’gnoni chant Bachir Sanogo djembé soliste Thomas Guet guitariste Hervé Sambe

Performance

Georges Momboye, Saul Dovin, Bilé N’Draman, Léopold Gnahore, Louis Pierre Yonsian, Pascal Beugre-Tellier, Aissata Kouyate, Ingrid Estarque, Sarah Cerneaux, Nadège Sordet, Guylaine Noyon

Production of video work

Maison de la Danse

Sound

Vincent Duval

Production of choreographic work

Coproduction Théâtre Romain Rolland de Villejuif, Centre culturel des bords de Marne / Le Perreux, avec l’aide à la création chorégraphique du Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne coréalisation Théâtre Silvia Monfort, avec l’aide à la diffusion de la Biennale nationale de danse du Val-de-Marne

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