Piece for 6 dancers and 5 musicians

Once the Dust Settles, Flowers Bloom

Olivier Tarpaga

Creation 2023 / Premiere

Concept, Direction artistique, Chorégraphie :  Olivier Tarpaga
Création, interprétation : Ousseni Dabare, Joannie Christie Dossou, Aicha Kaboré, Jean Robert Koudogbo-Kiki, Michael Nana, Sofia Nmili, Sylvie Sanou.
Directeur de répétition : Aziz Zoundi, Ousseni Dabaré
Composition Musicale : Olivier Tarpaga
Arrangements musicaux et interprétation : Issouf Dembele (Drum), Boubacar Djiga (jeli ngoni), Seydou Koita (electric guitar), Wassa Kouyate (kora and lead vocal), Yann Moni (electric and bass guitar)
Scénographie : Michaela Solnickà
Dramaturgie : janera Solomon, Aristide Tarnagda
Costumes : Olivier Tarpaga
Création lumière Direction technique :  Fabrice Barbotin
Administration : Sankhof’Arts Productions

Remerciement spécial : Cyril Givort, Sylvie Guellé, Pierre Muller, Yacouba Ouedraogo, Tatiana Gueria Nade
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Production : Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project
Co-production: The Joyce Theater, New York (USA), Centre Chorégraphique de le federation de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Charleroi (Belgium), The Department of Music, Princeton University (USA), French Institute – Alliance Francaise (FiAF), New York.
Soutien : CDC la Termitiere, Institut Francais de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Charleroi danse, Catskills Mountain Foundation (USA)

Olivier Tarpaga is a highly energetic artist who divides his time between Burkina Faso and the United States. Visiting his father’s grave, the choreographer and musician understands that the region where he was born, in the north of Burkina Faso, is now living under the shadow of jihadists. In Kaya itself, camps take in people who have fled from their violence and abuse of power. They are mostly women who have been forced to leave their homes and provide for the needs of their children and elderly relatives.
As a humanist and committed artist, Olivier Tarpaga gives voice and body to these uprooted people with six dancers and five musicians who are among the best in Africa. While confronting the tragedy, this “feminist Africanist” piece nevertheless carries hope that once the dust has settled, flowers will bloom again and the songs and dances will return.

20 & 21.01 2023 — 20:00

Charleroi - Les Écuries

60'

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