Black

Spain, Ivory Coast 2020 /30 min  
Violence, emancipation, pain and self-empowerment highlight the reality of being black in today's world. In Black, Ivorian choreographer and dancer Oulouy embodies the struggle for recognition, equality and respect of black people. According to him, these concepts are stored as memories in his own body, which he uses to confront and move. He does this with several major urban streetdance styles of Africa and the African diaspora in the USA: Coupé-Décalé, Azonto, Ndomboló, Afrohouse and Krump, supported with appropriate music. With all these styles, he depicts the history of the freedom movement.

In his varied performance, he regularly refers to important and recent events such as the #blacklivesmatter movement. In doing so, he creates unrest and discomfort, but also the potential to influence the world. In short: an empowering performance about overcoming injustice, oppression and discrimination.

Trigger warning: This performance includes audio and visual material of police violence and racial injustice. This content may be triggering for people affected by that.