C'est à dire (That is to say)

Seydou Boro dances through passages of his life on an otherwise empty stage. In this impressive solo performance the exceptional dancer and former stage actor falls back on language, thus emancipating African dance from the cliché of being naïvely physical. It is the most personal and radical work to date by this young African, who worked for quite some time with the French choreographer Mathilde Monnier.

“'C’est à dire …' is a fragment of my life. I had to expose myself to danger in a solo performance, to show myself naked.” Seydou BoroThis piece if the fifth work produced in connection with the Salia N_ Seydou company, which Boro founded with Salia Sanou in the mid-nineties. It is also his first solo work. With his radical choreography, Seydou Boro raises questions about his relationship to dance – and he does this so rigorously that "C’est à dire …" accurately reflects the role of African dance on the international dance scene.

Choreography: Seydou Boro
supported by Salia Sanou
Dance: Seydou Boro
Acting director: Amadou Bourou
Light design: Laurent Cauvain
Light: Anne Dutoya
Stage: Fousséni Compaoré
Costumes: Martine Somé

Duration: 60 minutes
German première
(World première: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso): 18.9. 2004, European première: 16.11.2004 Festival de danse du Manège de Maubeuge, France)