Cie. Aïda Colmenero Dïaz (Mali, Spain)

Recommended from ± 10 years and upwards

Kolochi Baw is the result of a research process that Aïda Colmenero Dïaz carried out during her Pina Bausch Fellowship in 2021. It is a vivid reflection on the concepts of time, vibration and sacrifice, and on the process of raising the great achievements of humanity. The work was inspired by the story behind the construction of the Djenné Mosque in Mali, where the piece was created. The Djenné Mosque is the largest brick building in the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. Kolochi Baw (in bambara language) means “the guardians”. They are the guardians of time, vibration and sacrifice. The guardians of ancestry in modernity. The guardians of the new era.

Aïda Colmenero Dïaz. Pina Bausch Fellow 2021 by the Pina Bausch Foundation. Creator, actress, choreographer, dancer, filmmaker and performing arts curator born in Madrid of Galician descent. 

For the creation of this work, choreographer and director Aïda Colmenero Dïaz teamed up with bio-architect and artist Angel Fulla, the founder and director of the bio-architecture and community project african angara (www.africanangara.com). Since the conception of the work, he has been involved in the design and creation of scenography, and also involved in mediation activities.

Team:
Concept, direction and choreography: Aïda Colmenero Dïaz
Performers: Fily Kanté, Ousmane Belém Koné, Arsène Desire Ndayshimiye, Lou Djehinan Veronique, Ana Maíra Favacho
Music: Aïda Colmenero Dïaz, Branko
Costume design: Djané (Bamako, Mali)
Stage design: Angel Fulla – African Angara

Credits:
Production: Fari Foni Waati in Bamako, Mali (January 2022)
Coproduction: Acción Cultural Española, INAEM, Africa Moment, Mercat de les Flors, Terrassa Arts Escèniques
Distribution: Africa Moment
Duration: 80 minutes Premièred at Mercat de les Flors (Barcelona, Spain) in December 2022

Tickets:
regular 18 €
reduced 9 €
groups of young people/schools 6 €

Buy tickets:
Sat 30.09.23, 18:00
Sun 01.10.23, 16:00
Sun 01.10.23, 19:30

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