Zouglou
Hippolyte Bohouo
In 1990, a roar sounded at the heart of the Yopougon university campus, a popular neighbourhood of the Ivorian capital, decrying the students’ impossible living conditions. In this way, zouglou, a hybrid genre between dance and singing emerged as the true artistic branch of the struggles led by the youth at that time. Filled with irony, through a series of entreaties, this movement denounced the hypocrisy of a government prepared to keep the people in submission to further its own interests.
In a hymn to the greatness of zouglou, which contains all social unrest and revolt, Hippolyte Bohouo channels his anger at injustice into a raging dance, with heavy and explosive movements, like an exorcism ready to free the forces buried in each of us, and give new impetus to the daily struggles of our existence.
Navette : Liège – Engis 18:30
Conception, chorégraphie et interprétation Hippolyte Bohouo
Chant Matrix Ebonga (Ange Deroux)
Scénographie Johanna Daenen
Collaboration à la dramaturgie Fanny Brouyaux
Regard extérieur Serge Aimé Coulibaly, Alessia Wyss
Aide à la mise en scène Charlotte Fischer
Création musicale Manou Gallo, Mick Lemaire
Création lumière Jody de Neef
Régie lumière Jody de Neef
Régie son Brice Tellier
Coproduction Charleroi danse et le 140
Avec l’aide de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Service de la danse
Avec le soutien de Le Grand Studio, Le Centre Culturel d’Engis, Le Marni, Propulse, La Maison de la culture Famenne-Ardenne, Le Cocq’Arts, Le Centre Culturel Jacques Franck, La Bellone (Maison du spectacle), AD LIB Production (Résidences au LIBITUM), Les Riches -Claires, Le Centre Culturel de Braine-Le-Comte, LookIN’OUT, Le Bamp, Le Centre Culturel de Tubize