Kaz Bourbon - focus

Kaz Bourbon is a performance created during the European Heritage Days in 2011, within the House Dussac.

Kaz Bourbon is a performance created for the European Heritage Days 2011, at the Maison Dussac. This house is inSaint-Gilles-les-Bains (Saint-Paul) and was built during the second half of the 19th century. It was apparently first built in the town of Saint-Benoît then dismantled and transported toSaint-Gilles. It is made of wood, with a stone outbuilding at the back of the house that contains the kitchen and the servants’ quarters. Several building projects have been planned for this house: a hotel complex or the Réunion Island Surfing and Tourism Centre, but none of them has come to anything. The choreographer Nadjani Bulin, with support from the Heritage Department of Saint-Paul, decided to appropriate this house by opening it to the public of Réunion Island for three days, the time it takes to put on a dance performance.  

She brought together several artists to create a multidisciplinary project combining dance, music and video. In dance, she was accompanied by Soraya Thomas and Marie Chocolat. In singing and music, Automat, Marie-Claude Lambert and Nathalie Natiembéperformed live. The direction and production company En Quête Prod made a video recording and projections. Nadjani Bulin sees this performance as a reconciliation with her ancestors by returning to the memory that is contained within this house. 

The choreographer persuaded the residents and owners of the house to leave the premises for three months so that she could set up a residency and work in the house. 

During the performance, cameras were placed inside and the recorded images were projected live onto the outside facade.

The performance will be adapted for the 2011 edition of the Total Danse Festival in the main hall of the Champ Fleuri Theatre in Saint-Denis.

Source : Lalanbik