MOUVOIR COMPANY
»Land im Land »
An immersive gathering of bodies, borders, and futures
2022 , Germany -Bielefield, Toubab dialao
» Holographic projections dissolve distances, allowing bodies in Toubab Dialaw and Bielefeld to dance together in real time. Artists become both here and elsewhere, host and guest, inviting you into a shared ritual of movement, hospitality, and speculative futures. »
This project matters deeply to me because it weaves worlds together. It is a dance of presence and absence, a gathering without borders, where our shadows meet beyond oceans. Land im Land becomes a landscape within a landscape – a place to celebrate connection, difference, and the possibilities of dancing together even when apart.
Participation of Laura Martín Rey:
Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media in the NEUSTART KULTUR program, graduate funding DIS-TANZ-START of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.
CREDIT:
staging and stage design: Stephanie Thiersch
choreography: Stephanie Thiersch in collaboration with the dancers
with Tommaso Balbo, Neus Barcons Roca, Carla Bonsoms i Barra, Cola Lok Yee Ho, Kelvin Kilonzo, Hampus Larsson, Amy Lombardi, Andrea Martín, Margaux Marielle-Tréhoüart, Laura Martín Rey, Noriko Nishidate, Alexandre Nodari, Joel Suárez Gómez, Ana Torre, Adrien Ursulet, Luca Völkel, Andrea Zinnato
Crew Senegal/École des Sables: Fatou Niang, Falilou Faye, Kezia Jonah, Bob Chris Lopez, Christ Zié, N’deye Seck, Tarang Cissokho
Artistic supervision Senegal: Alesandra Seutin
Costumes: Lauren Steel
Music: DJ Elephant Power aka Nicolas Baudoux
Video/Digital director: Navid Razavi
Lighting: Stephanie Thiersch, Volker Ratjczak – based on a lighting concept by Begoña Garcia Navas
Stage design assistance: Anna Sörensen
Outside Eye: Fabien Almakiewiczz
Director of Photography: Björn Weber
Dramaturge: Alban Pinet
Choreographic assistance: Margaux Marielle-Tréhoüart, Joel Suárez Gómez
Rehearsal assistance: Sarah Deltenre, Margaux Marielle-Tréhoüart, Joel Suárez Gómez
pictures: Joseph Ruben Heicks, Martin Rottenkolber
Created in cooperation with École des Sables – International Center for Traditional and Contemporary African Dances (Toubab Dialaw, Senegal) and MOUVOIR.
MOUVOIR COMPANY
» INVENTASY IX »
A laboratory for community, kinship, and artistic exploration
2023, Germany ,Koln
Nine international artists gathered for INVENTASY IX, a research laboratory led by choreographer Stephanie Thiersch.
This intensive week explored the essence of human bonding and the many forms of chosen family. Through movement, improvisation, and interdisciplinary creation, we asked:
What connects us beyond blood?
How do we build communities through art, care, and shared imagination?
It was a space of reflection and experimentation, weaving together bodies, stories, and visions of belonging
MOUVOIR COMPANY
»UNTIL THE BEGINNINGS »
A vibrant dance-poem of hospitality and connection
2023 ,Germany – Senegal
»Beneath a canvas of global rhythms, Until the Beginnings unfolds as a vivid dance-poem, uniting eight dancers from Senegal, Germany, and France with musicians rooted in spoken word and rap ».
Directed by Alesandra Seutin (Artistic Director, École des Sables, Senegal) and Stephanie Thiersch (Artistic Director, MOUVOIR, Germany), this creation weaves diverse artistic languages into a choreographic tapestry that questions and reimagines the essence of hospitality.
Here, movement becomes dialogue, rhythm becomes refuge, and the stage transforms into a place where strangers become kin – a landscape of bodies, voices, and silent stories searching for home together
Artistic Direction: Alesandra Seutin and Stephanie Thiersch
With: Tarang Cissokho, Latif Arafan Wa-hab Diedhiou, Nadia Gabrieli Kalati, Cola Lok Yee Ho, Kezia Jonah, Margaux Marielle-Tréhoüart, Alexandre Nodari, Shelly Quest, Joel Suárez Gómez, Christ Zié
Concept, staging, choreography: Stephanie Thiersch, Alesandra Seutin with the ensemble
Costumes Lauren Steel (Berlin)
Lighting Design: Begoña Garcia Navas (Paris)
Sound: Thomas Wegner
MOUVOIR/Stephanie Thiersch is funded by: Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kulturamt der Stadt Köln
Duration ca. 70 min, no intermission
https://mouvoir.de/en/productions/until-the-beginnings.html
CIE VEDANZA LUXEMBOURG
»BLAST »
Choreographed by Emanuela Iacopini, music by Rajivan Ayyappan
2023 ,Ecole des Sables -Toubab dialo
»BLAST » is a dance creation exploring the interplay of light and darkness through explosive moments that reflect on destruction and creation, transition and transformation—the beginning and the end. This evocative work leaves a lasting impression of human fragility and interconnectedness.
In Senegal, under the patronage of the Embassy of Luxembourg in Dakar, BLAST was reimagined and performed by dancers from École des Sables and the VEDANZA company. This exchange project supports the Dialaw School, fostering artistic collaboration and cultural dialogue.
Co-Production 2020: VEDANZA, Op der Schmelz, CAPé Center for Plural Arts Ettelbruck with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.
Partners: CERModern Ankara, Embassy from Luxembourg to Türkiye, DeVIR/CAPa Performative Arts Center of Algarve,
The Choreographic Encounters of Casablanca, Sacem, Dance Science Net, Axis Syllabus International Research Network,
FOCUNA, Independence Foundation.
Special thanks to: Renzo Hettinger, Annejet
Pette Hettinger
Production: VEDANZA / Ecole des Sables with the financial support of the Embassy of Luxembourg in Dakar, Kultur LX Arts Council Luxembourg and the National Cultural Fund FOCUNA.
Art direction: Emanuela Iacopini
Music: Rajivan Ayyappan
Co-creation 2020: Emanuela Iacopini, Frey Faust, Yuko Kominami, Saju Hari
With: Ami Colle, Latif Diedhiou, Frey Faust, Sebia Gomis, Saju Hari, Emanuela Iacopini, Kezia Jonah, Bonaventure Sossou (solos originals)Lighting designer: Nico Tremblay
Lighting manager: Lui L’Abbate
Costume designer: Anne-Marie Herckes
CHANEL
The Métiers d’art 2022/23 CHANEL – DAKAR fashion show is the result of creative encounters over the past three years.
Attracted by the vibrant creative energy of Dakar, choreographers, directors, musicians, authors, and friends of the House gathered to inspire and shape this project.
They witnessed Slow Show, a collective dance performance by choreographer Dimitri Chamblas in collaboration with African dance icon Germaine Acogny, performed by dancers from her renowned École des Sables.
This encounter became a testament to the power of movement to unite generations, disciplines, and cultures in one shared breath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMd6Z3S-oeM
AFRICAN LOOP & ECOLE DES SABLES
»KEUR »
Mixte dance & Climat
2024 ,Dakar -Toubab dialo
Through emotive choreography and powerful storytelling, this production guides its audience on a transformative journey featuring dancers, a comedian, and a singer. It celebrates the resilience of communities and the preservation of cultural heritage.
For this show, African Loop – an organization dedicated to the green economy and art production – partnered with École des Sables.
DIFUSSION:
- Ecole des Sables (Restitution) 2024
- Dialao Festival -Toubab 2024
- Festival #FRAGILE Pina bausch Zentrum
- Production: African Loop x École des Sables
- Author: Tamaa
- Choreography: Kezia Jonah
- Performer: Zal, Tessy, Céline, Babish, Tamaa
Scenography: Orassio, Thiamass
COMPAGNIE JANT-BI II X Ecole des Sables ,Alesandra Seutin
Assistant choreographer of
»AIR DE TEMPS »
“Air de Temps” speaks of an urgent need to express oneself, to explore lost dreams, to confront one’s demons, and to vomit out bitterness – to have a voice. It is a powerful process of taking action to shed the cloak of failure passed down from generation to generation
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