Faustin Linyekula - Congo (New work)
24 May 2019 - 28 May 2019
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KVS_Box - 9 Quai aux Pierres de Taille 1000
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Dance–Kisangani
‘There is no such thing as the Congo. There is only a river and the large forest.’ After his much-discussed performance Banataba, in the shadow of the Africa Museum in Tervuren last year, Faustin Linyekula turns the spotlight on the genesis of the Congo. For this purpose, the renowned choreographer has worked with Eric Vuillard, the French author of the acclaimed book Congo (2012) on the emergence of the Congolese state. What is remarkable about the narrative is that it is told by a number of notorious colonists, among them explorers Henry Morton Stanley, Charles Lemaire and torturer Léon Fievez. For the performance Congo, Linyekula sets the text by Vuillard in dialogue with contemporary dance material and immersive sound recordings. In doing so he connects this bloody history with its traumatizing consequences for many Congolese today and he reconstructs a landscape you cannot escape as a spectator.
Crédits / Credits
Artistic direction: Faustin Linyekula
Text: Eric Vuillard
With: Daddy Moanda Kamono, Faustin Linyekula, Pasco Losanganya
Soundtrack: Franck Moka, Faustin Linyekula
Light direction: Koceila Aouabed
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, KVS
Production: Virginie Dupray/Studios Kabako
Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre de la Ville/Festival d’Automne (Paris), Ruhrtriennale, HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Le Manège, Scène
nationale de Reims, Holland festival (Amsterdam)
With the support of: Centre Dramatique National de Normandie-Rouen and Centre National de la Danse – Pantin
With the support of the French Institute and the French Embassy in Belgium, in the frame of Extra
‘There is no such thing as the Congo. There is only a river and the large forest.’ After his much-discussed performance Banataba, in the shadow of the Africa Museum in Tervuren last year, Faustin Linyekula turns the spotlight on the genesis of the Congo. For this purpose, the renowned choreographer has worked with Eric Vuillard, the French author of the acclaimed book Congo (2012) on the emergence of the Congolese state. What is remarkable about the narrative is that it is told by a number of notorious colonists, among them explorers Henry Morton Stanley, Charles Lemaire and torturer Léon Fievez. For the performance Congo, Linyekula sets the text by Vuillard in dialogue with contemporary dance material and immersive sound recordings. In doing so he connects this bloody history with its traumatizing consequences for many Congolese today and he reconstructs a landscape you cannot escape as a spectator.
Crédits / Credits
Artistic direction: Faustin Linyekula
Text: Eric Vuillard
With: Daddy Moanda Kamono, Faustin Linyekula, Pasco Losanganya
Soundtrack: Franck Moka, Faustin Linyekula
Light direction: Koceila Aouabed
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, KVS
Production: Virginie Dupray/Studios Kabako
Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre de la Ville/Festival d’Automne (Paris), Ruhrtriennale, HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Le Manège, Scène
nationale de Reims, Holland festival (Amsterdam)
With the support of: Centre Dramatique National de Normandie-Rouen and Centre National de la Danse – Pantin
With the support of the French Institute and the French Embassy in Belgium, in the frame of Extra
KVS_Box
9 Quai aux Pierres de Taille 1000
En 2004, le KVS a investi son nouveau bâtiment du quai aux Pierres de Taille. Outre des bureaux et des salles techniques et de répétition, ce bâtiment aux lignes strictes abrite une salle de théâtre de plain-pied (KVS BOX) et le Café Congo.
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