MORE MORE MORE… FUTURE
In the Congo, people like to get swept away by music, particularly Ndombolo, a free-wheeling hybrid music, big with traditional rhythms in a blend of rumba, pop and funk.
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
FAUSTIN LINYEKULA (KISANGANI)
STUDIOS KABAKO
After studying theatre and literature, in 1997 Faustin Linyekula joined forces with the mime Opiyo Okach and the dancer Afrah Tenambergen to found Gàara in Nairobi, the first contemporary dance company in Kenya.
