25-28 Jan 2023
Dorothée Munyaneza
Mailles
© Leslie Artamonow
© Leslie Artamonow
© Leslie Artamonow
© Leslie Artamonow
Associate Artist
To her, there is beauty in rebelliousness. From Bristol to Seville, from Haiti to Marseille, Dorothéé Munyazena weaves together the intimate journeys of six female black, African or of African descent artists.
Dorothée Munyazena was born in Kigali, Rwanda, in 1982. On April 6, 1994, she escaped the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. She was 12 then. This starting point, this very personal history of violence runs through her entire work. With Mailles, Dorothée Munyazena expands on work she began in 2014 with autobiographical pieces. Today her voice speaks for other accounts
For this new piece, she builds connections with Ife Day, Yinka Esi Graves, Asmaa Jama, Elsa Mulder and Nido Uwera, who are all on stage and are all artists. They are all Africans or of African descent. Mailles is not a gentle show, it’s a brilliant pronouncement against the spaces they are rejected from. The ensemble is a choreographic choir that pierces the stage with rage as well as beauty and freedom. A sense of power comes from the collective, which is here symbolized by the costumes of designer and visual artist Stéphanie Coudert.
The flowing clothes and voices of the poetesses and singers and the intense movements join together, forming a militant and essential common body. A multi-voice haunting melody.
Amélie Blaustein Niddam
Choreography Dorothée Munyaneza
Artistic collaboration, « suspension » stage design Stéphanie Coudert
Stage design advisor Vincent Gadras
Music Alain Mahé, Ben Lamar Gay, Dorothée Munyaneza
Sound Alain Mahé
Lighting Christian Dubet
Production management Emmanuel Magis (Mascaret), assisted by Maxime De La Fuente and Nouria Tirou
Stage supervision Marion Piry
Lighting supervision Marine Le Vey, Anna Geneste
Sound supervision Camille Frachet, Alice Le Moigne
Acknowlegment Hlengiwe Lushaba Madlala, Zora Santos, Keyierra Collins
With Ife Day, Yinka Esi Graves, Asmaa Jama, Elsa Mulder, Nido Uwera, Dorothée Munyaneza
Production Compagnie Kadidi, Anahi
Coproduction Théâtre de la Ville, Paris / Festival d’automne à Paris / Charleroi Danse, Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles / Châteauvallon, scène nationale / Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en- Yvelines, scène nationale / Le Grand T, Théâtre de Loire-Atlantique / CCN-Ballet national de Marseille (accueil Studio 2020) / Next Festival, La Rose des vents, scène nationale de Lille-Métropole, Villeneuve d’Ascq / Théâtre national de Bretagne / Théâtre de Nîmes, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national, art et création, danse contemporaine
Avec le soutien de DRAC de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur / Ministère de la Culture / Fonds de dotation du Quartz, scène nationale de Brest / La Chartreuse, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Centre national des écritures contemporaines / Spedidam, Département des Bouches du Rhône et Ville de Marseille.
Dorothée Munyaneza was in residence in Chicago (États-Unis) with the support of Face Foundation, Consulat français de Chicago, Institut français de Paris ; and in partnership with High Concept Labs, Ragdale Foundation, Experimental Station, Poetry Foundation, France Chicago Center at Chicago University.
