re:incarnation
Qudus Onikeku
In the 1960s’ Fela Kuti, inspired by Black Power and Pan-Africanism, created Afrobeat, a unique blend of West African traditional music, jazz and soul-funk – both genres are also the modern incarnation of long forgotten musical style.
Today, a new generation of musicians and urban dancers bring Afrobeat back to life. Nine emerging hip hop, krump or dancehall artists take us on a journey to tell the many lives of Afrobeat, its fights, the culture that was destroyed by slavery and colonialism, but whose depth is about to come back to the surface, unchanged.
Conception et direction artistique
Qudus Onekiku
Danseurs et collaborateurs
Adila Omotosho, Ambrose Tjark, Angela Okolo, Bukunmi Olukitibi, Busayo Olowu, Faith Okoh, Joshua Gabriel, Kodak Ike, Yemi Osokoya, Obiajulu Sunday Ozegbe.
Musique live
Olantunde Obajeun
Vidéo et scénographie
Fernando Velàzquez
Lumières
Mathew Yusuf
Costumes
Wack Ng
Production The QDance Company – Lagos.
Coproduction Biennale de la danse – Lyon, les Halles de Schaerbeek – Bruxelles, Théâtre Paul Eluard – Bezons, Escales danse en Val d’Oise, Théâtre National de Bretagne.
Production déléguée France YK Projects –
Diffusion : Anne-sophie Dupoux et Olivier Talpaert