MORE MORE MORE… FUTURE

This wall of sound has the Congolese up and dancing, making them forget for a moment their poverty, masking it with sequins and lights that all disappear by morning. Challenging an attitude of fatalism, the dancer and choreographer Faustin Linyekula, a major star on the international stage, inserts into the spirit of Ndombolo a hefty dose of punk rage and irresistible energy. To the seething poems of Antoine Vumilia Muhindo, a political prisoner in Kinshasa, he makes dance boil over into trance, creating a galvanizing choreographic concert. The musical director is Flamme Kapaya, an exceptional guitarist and a huge star in the Congo, whose playing brings to mind Hendrix or the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Three dancers – including Linyekula, fascinating and as slippery as an eel – three musicians and two singers, all devil-may-care, all with rage in their hearts, sweating blood for a better future.

CREDITS
PRODUCED BY STUDIOS KABAKO

ARTISTIC DIRECTION: FAUSTIN LINYEKULA
MUSICAL DIRECTION: FLAMME KAPAYA
DANCERS: DINOZORD + PAPY EBOTANI + FAUSTIN LINYEKULA
MUSICIANS: FLAMME KAPAYA + PATOU «TEMPÊTE » KAYEMBE + LE COQ + RÉMI BASSINTA NIGHTNESS + PASNAS
TEXTS: ANTOINE VUMILIA MUHINDO
COSTUME DESIGN: XULY BËT, PARIS

COPRODUCTION KVS THEATER (BRUXELLES) + KUNSTEN FESTIVALDESARTS (BRUXELLES) + FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE À PARIS + MAISON DES ARTS DE CRÉTEIL
AVEC L’APPUI DE THEATERFORMEN (HANOVRE) + TANZ IM AUGUST / INTERNATIONALES TANZFEST BERLIN
WITH THE SUPPORT OF DRAC ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION (AIDE AU PROJET)
PRESENTED BY FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES
IN ASSOCIATION WITH USINE C