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Interview of Eric Delphin Kwégoué
Eric Delphin Kwégoué
Indélébile
Francky Tohouegnon
Dance for Change
Cécile Thery
Dance for Change
Cécile Thery
Ibéré
Orphée Ahinhinnou
Traditional dances from Benin
Jaï Production
Chaos Elégant
Arouna Guindo
Entre ciel et terre
Kossivi Sénagbé Afiadegnigban
Danseuse, pas pute !
Denise Ishola
Kri-monologie
Christal Dossougouin
La Danse des sept tours
Florence Gnarigo
Tsunami 2.0
Deen Eniola
Atché
Jean-Pierre Etsé Atchrimi
Balles perdues
Mouhamadou Ba Tounkara
Gbé miton
Carmelita Siwa
Entre être et ne pas être
Carmelita Siwa
Vonvonli
Kossivi Sénagbé Afiadegnigban
(In)secure
Carmelita Siwa , Kadidja Tiementa
Iran’ti
Deen Eniola
“Dansons Maintenant”! A contemporary dance festival in Benin
Anne Décoret-Ahiha , Jaï Production
Rencontre avec Vincent Hariso
Vincent Harisdo
Interview de Marcel Gbeffa
Marcel Gbeffa
Interview d’Andreya Ouamba
Andreya Ouamba
Interview de Patrick Acogny
Patrick Acogny
Interview d’Awoulath Alougbin
Alougbin Awoulath
Interview de Seydou Boro
Seydou Boro
Interview de Qudus Onikeku
Qudus Onikeku
Interview de Julie Dossavi
Julie Dossavi
Germaine Acogny’s interview
Germaine Acogny
Interview de Richard Adossou
Richard Adossou
Eclipse
Abdoulaye Trésor Konaté
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Andreya Ouamba
Foliphonie mobile
Rachelle Agbossou
Root’in
Marcel Gbeffa
Solo Prière
Germaine Acogny
Marcel, Ici et maintenant
Marceline Lartigue
Sans regard
Marcel Gbeffa
Le Mystère des pas, la fascination du jeu
Alougbin Awoulath
Antoine Tempé
Fondation Zinsou
Africaman
Qudus Onikeku
La Juju
Julie Dossavi
Bribes urbaines
Alougbin Awoulath
We are Numeridanse : Anne Décoret Ahiha
Tiffanie Deschamps
Chaos Elégant
Arouna Guindo
Eclipse
Extract
« As soon as man is born, the race against death begins… Solar eclipses are very rare events lasting no more than eight minutes. And if you only had eight minutes left to live, what would be your choice ? ».
This choreographic reflection aims to challenge the human being to know the real purpose of his existence.
The eclipse also represents the periods of darkness that life imposes on individuals, when they come across loneliness, doubt or uncertainty. In the same way that the eclipse comes to cover the sun, darkness falls on our lives but one morning, the light returns and it is a brighter, more cheerful world that we discover.
Initially subtitled « Des ténèbres à la lumière », the piece Eclipse was first imagined in Abidjan, in the form of short sequences, before being created in a longer stage format, in November 2011, at the French Institute of Benin, in Cotonou. Rescheduled on November 30, 212 at the Théâtre de Verdure of the French Institute of Benin, the play appears in the Festival “Dansons Maintenant 2! », organized by the Fondation Zinsou.
Source: Program of the show, Festival « Dancing Now! » , Zinsou Foundation, 2012. Interview Abdoulaye Trésor Konaté, by Anne Decoret-Ahiha, May 23, 2022.
The deposit of the video archives of “Dansons maintenant !”, belonging to Fondation Zinsou was made possible thanks to the Centre National de la Danse Research award in dance, granted in 2021 to Dr Anne Décoret-Ahiha for her research project “Consolidation of the African choreographic field: focus on Benin” and with the kind permission of the artists.
