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Interview de Richard Adossou

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Year of production
2012

On the occasion of the event « Dansons Maintenant !! » organized in 2011, 2012 and 2015 by Fondation Zinsou, in Cotonou in Benin, this latest conducted filmed interviews with guest artists and choreographers.
Invited for the second edition, 2012, for the performance Issewo,  the Beninese choreographer and dancer Richard Adossou returns, in this excerpt of interview, to his encounter with contemporary dance and his commitment to developing it in Benin.

Interview conducted by Aurélie Lecomte on Tuesday August 7, 2012, in Cotonou.

Filmed by Stéphane Agbessi-Loko.

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.

Choreography
Director
Collection
Year of production
2012
Duration
56 mn
Production of video work
Fondation Zinsou
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