Amala Dianor, the Franco-Senegalese choreographer and dancer is on the rise with a big tour this season and currently two shows, including “Siguifin”, a piece with several hands, where he surrounds himself with three young African choreographers from Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. In another show, he brought together two short plays, “Point Zéro” and “Wo-Man”, at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, as part of the program of the Faits d’hiver festival.
Zero point was born during the first confinement. ” We were totally in this uncertainty of the future », explains Amala Dianor, “ so, we said to ourselves, if it is, we will never be able to dance again. So I said to myself : if we ever have the opportunity to go back on stage, it would still be good to be there. And above all to share it with friends to bring back those positive memories I have of hip hop culture. »
On stage, three very different bodies. That of Amala Dianor: fluid, magnetic, with flowing movements. Mathias Rassin: a rawer presence, a kind of quiet strength. And between the two the feminine, powerful and graceful presence of Johanna Faye.
The vitality of Nangaline Gomis
In Wo-Man, Amala Dianor transmits her solo Man Rec. ” The fact of transmitting it to a young dancer who, moreover, is Senegalese of mixed race, was a more interesting angle, because she could give a new freshness, a new tone to this solo which is beginning to go around the world and a lot of people have seen through Nangaline’s body and vitality. »
Nangaline Gomis, a wonderful young dancer, and a one-hour show of great beauty offered by Amala Dianor, between hip hop, contemporary dance and African rhythm.
[Vidéo] Amala Dianor, hip hop for compass
► Wo-Man / Point Zerochoreography by Amala Dianor, until January 29 at the Théâtre de la Ville/Les Abbesses, in Paris.