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Congo

Faustin Linyekula
KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS
Fri 24.05.2019 - Tue 28.05.2019
24.05.2019
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28.05.2019

After his much-discussed performance Banataba, in the shadow of the Africa Museum in Tervuren last year, Faustin Linyekula turns the spotlight on the genesis of the Congo.

For this purpose, the renowned choreographer has worked with Eric Vuillard, the French author of the acclaimed book Congo (2012) on the emergence of the Congolese state. What is remarkable about the narrative is that it is told by a number of notorious colonists, among them explorers Henry Morton Stanley, Charles Lemaire and torturer Léon Fievez.

For the performance Congo, Linyekula sets the text by Vuillard in dialogue with contemporary dance material and immersive sound recordings. In doing so he connects this bloody history with its traumatizing consequences for many Congolese today and he reconstructs a landscape you cannot escape as a spectator.

  ‘There is no such thing as the Congo. There is only a river and the large forest.’

Credits

ARTISTIC DIRECTION FAUSTIN LINYEKULA TEXT ERIC VUILLARD WITH DADDY MOANDA KAMONO, FAUSTIN LINYEKULA, PASCO LOSANGANYA SOUNDTRACK FRANCK MOKA, FAUSTIN LINYEKULA LIGHT DIRECTION KOCEILA AOUABED PRESENTATION KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS, KVS PRODUCTION VIRGINIE DUPRAY/STUDIOS KABAKO COPRODUCTION KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS, THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE/FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE (PARIS), RUHRTRIENNALE, HAU HEBBEL AM UFER (BERLIN), THÉÂTRE VIDY-LAUSANNE, LE MANÈGE, SCÈNE NATIONALE DE REIMS, HOLLAND FESTIVAL (AMSTERDAM) WITH THE SUPPORT OF CDN DE NORMANDIE-ROUEN, CND PANTIN, KVS (BRUSSELS) WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE AND THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN BELGIUM IN THE FRAME OF EXTRA