There is a duality to work, or “baara” in the Bambara language. It is as painful as it is necessary, as enslaving as it is liberating. This choreographic creation explores that paradox.
Drawing from their observation of workers, farmers, and garbage collectors, dancers and choreographers Tidiani N’Diaye and Adonis Nebié seek to appropriate these gestures repeated every day with precision and meticulousness. Against a backdrop of experimental music composed by Clara De Asis, their performance evokes the harshness of work and the alienation it causes at the same time as it explores the intoxication of repetition and the joy of being together.
En el trabajo, “baara”, en lengua bambara, hay una dualidad. Es tan duro como necesario, tan esclavizante como liberador. Esta creación coreográfica examina esta dualidad.
Distribution
With Tidiani N'Diaye, Adonis Nebié Tauwindsida and Clara De Asís (musician) Choreography Tidiani N'Diaye, Adonis Nebié Tauwindsida Artistic collaboration and dramaturgy Andreya Ouamba Original music Clara De Asís Production Julia Grosjean
Production
Production Copier Coller Coproduction Festival d'Avignon, SACD, TU-Nantes, Scène de recherche de l’ENS Paris-Saclay, Ateliers Médicis (Clichy-sous-Bois) With the support of the Service de Coopération et d'Action culturelle of the French Embassy in Mali With the help of the Centre national de danse contemporaine d'Angers, Le Fil Coopérative malienne d'artistes