Dance is an extraordinarily suitable instrument for cultural diplomacy, and this is what MASDANZA has been doing all these years, collaborating in common areas with other cultural initiatives that have a special place for dance and the arts of movement. Casa África collaborates with the festival to provide visibility to African creators.
MASDANZA AFRICA IN MOVEMENT 2025
THURSDAY OCT 02 – CASA ÁFRICA – 20,00 h
BLACK (30’)
Barcelona, Spain
Created & Performed by: Oulouy
Music by: Nina Simone “Strange Fruit”, Dinah Washington “This Bitter Earth” Jay Z & Pharrell Williams “Entrepreneur”, Kendrick Lamar “Alright”, “The Blacker The Berry”, Samthing Soweto “Akulaleki”, Victoria Santa Cruz “Me Gritaron Negra”, Eva Ayllon “Raíces del Festejo”, King Promise & Shatta Wale “Alright”, Maya Angelou “Still I Rise”, Kenneth Whalum “Might Not Be OK”.
“Black is a reflection on violence and the emancipation of Blackness in today’s world, through a body that challenges and unsettles—a body both wounded and celebrated. Using a staging stripped of artifices yet rich in symbolism, choreographer and performer Oulouy references recent events, such as the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the murder of George Floyd, to reframe the African Black body in the Western world. Black is a dance, a visual and musical chronicle told through urban dance styles from the African continent and its diaspora in the USA, such as Coupé-Décalé, Ndomboló, Afrohouse, and Krump”.
With the support of: Africa Moment