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For her work Mailles, ‘mesh’, the choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza, herself originally from Kigali (Rwanda), gathered a group of six very different artists and put them on stage together. She feels a deep kinship with each of them because of their strength and social involvement. The women are African, or have African roots, and speak out about their experiences with violence and oppression, while celebrating their strength as women. Each woman tells her story in her own language, in her own way - from spoken word to flamenco. The designer and visual artist Stéphanie Coudert connects the various elements with costumes and set design. On stage, this makes for a crossroad where all stories meet. About the group, Munyaneza says: ‘We are interwoven stories. We are melodies. We are humanity. We are crossings. Beyond identity, we are geographical, generational and professional network.’

credits

concept Dorothée Munyaneza cast Ife Day, Yinka Esi Graves, Asmaa Jama, Elsa Mulder, Dorothée Munyaneza, Nido Uwera artistic collaboration Stéphanie Coudert costumes Stéphanie Coudert scenography Stéphanie Coudert thanks to Keyierra Collins, Zora Santos music Dorothée Munyaneza, Alex Inglizian, Alain Mahé, Ben Lamar Gay sound design Alain Mahé light design Christian Dubet scenographic advice Vincent Gadras general direction Marion Piry light direction Anna Geneste, Marine Levey sound direction Camille Frachet production Anahi, Compagnie Kadidi coproduction CCN - Ballet National de Marseille (Accueil Studio 2020), Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - Scène nationale, Châteauvallon - Scène nationale, Charleroi Danse - Centre Chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre de la Ville - Paris, Théâtre National de Bretagne, Le Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg with the support of DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Ministère de la Culture, Fonds de dotation du Quartz - Scène nationale de Brest, la SPEDIDAM, le Département des Bouches du Rhône, la Ville de Marseille., het Franse Consulaat-Generaal in Chicago, het Franse Instituut in Parijs, Ragdale Foundation, Experimental Station, Poetry Foundation

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