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Koko Slam Gang

Solola Bien, MoDul, Le Manguier en Fleurs, Joëlle Sambi, Lezarts urbains, KANAL-CP, Midis de la poésie, Trill & KVS
Sat 16.04.2022 20:00
KVS, Brussels
KVS BOL
Past event
16.04.2022
20:00 - 20:50
Past event

An intergenerational slam spectacle laced with song and dance, performed by a unique group of more-than-dapper grandmas and experienced slam poets Joëlle Sambi and Lisette Lombé. 

Koko? That means grandma in Lingala, one of four national languages of Congo. And Koko Slam Gang? That’s a whole bunch of Congolese grandmas who give their all on stage, joined by slam poets Joëlle Sambi and Lisette Lombé. 

This peculiar collaboration originated from Seniorenslam, a 2019 initiative by Urban Woorden and KVS. For Sambi and the Congolese grandmas, the experience left them wanting more. During a series of preparation workshops, they wrote down their stories in an act of catharsis. And now, they bring their words live on stage at KVS BOL for you. What can the elderly tell us that we might have forgotten? What powers do these women want to pass on? Which secrets do they carry, about love, migration, Belgium and Congo? We write big History and tell it through the small, intimate, personal stories of Koko Slam Gang.

Credits

PROJECT VAN / PROJET DE / PROJECT BY Joelle Sambi/Solola Bien IN SAMENWERKING MET / EN COLLABORATION AVEC / IN COLLABORATION WITH Le Manguier en Fleurs TEKST & PERFORMANCE / TEXTE & PERFORMANCE / TEXT & PERFORMANCE Les Seniors du Manguier en Fleurs, Lisette Lombé & Joëlle Sambi REGIE / MISE EN SCENE / DIRECTION Joëlle Sambi EXTERN OOG / OEIL EXTERIEUR / EXTERNAL EYE Rosa Gasquet GELUIDSONTWERP / CRÉATION SONORE / SOUND DESIGN Nicolas Pommier SAMENWERKING VIDEO / COLLABORATION VIDÉO / VIDEO COLLABORATION Camille Langlois ASSISTENTIE REGIE / ASSISTANATS À LA MISE EN SCENE / ASSISTANCE TO THE DIRECTION Margot Briand & Maya Lombart ONDERSTEUNING PRODUCTIE / SOUTIEN À LA PRODUCTION / ASSISTANCE TO THE PRODUCTION Meryl Moens PRODUCTIE / PRODUCTION Solola Bien & MoDul COPRODUCTIE / COPRODUCTION Lézarts Urbains, Midis De La Poésie, KVS, KANAL-Centre Pompidou, Trill MET DE STEUN VAN / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DU / WITH THE SUPPORT OF Ministère de la Culture de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles/ Un futur pour la culture et de la Maison Poème | La Midis de la poésie - FrancoFaune