Where do professional dancers perform in Africa?

Where do professional dancers perform in Africa? is the question that Claire Nini answers in this episode. Claire is a journalist and a specialist in African dance and art. She launched with Jean Boog, in December 2019, a non-profit organization called SHOW BIS that aims to send to Africa obsolete technical equipment from European theaters.

Listen and learn more about her project and the situation in 2020 in Western and Central Africa regarding the performing arts.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Kettly Noël, Donko Seko and Dense Bamako Danse (Bamako, Mali)
• Salia Sanou, La Termitière (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
• Serge Tsakap, Tiéwé Art (Batoufam, Cameroun)
• Faustin Linyekula, Studios Kabako (Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Germaine Acogny, Ecole des sables (Toubab Dialaw, Senegal)
• La danse, l'art de la rencontre, Dominique Hervieu (available on numeridanse.tv)
• Movement (R)evolution Africa, Joan Frosch and Alla Kovgan
• Mon élue noire, Olivier Dubois (with Germaine Acogny)