{"id":4532,"date":"2026-08-12T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=4532"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:02:14","slug":"masdanza-x-casa-africa","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/portfolio\/masdanza-x-casa-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRICA IN MOVEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dance is an extraordinarily suitable instrument for cultural diplomacy, and this is what <strong>MASDANZA<\/strong> 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.\u00a0 Casa \u00c1frica collaborates with the festival to provide visibility to African creators.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MASDANZA AFRICA IN MOVEMENT 2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THURSDAY OCT 01 &#8211; CASA \u00c1FRICA &#8211; 20:00 h<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7019 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DUYLAU.PIX-00072-web-dentro-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DUYLAU.PIX-00072-web-dentro-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DUYLAU.PIX-00072-web-dentro-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DUYLAU.PIX-00072-web-dentro-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DUYLAU.PIX-00072-web-dentro-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DUYLAU.PIX-00072-web-dentro-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DUYLAU.PIX-00072-web-dentro-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DUYLAU.PIX-00072-web-dentro-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>L&#8217;EFFET M\u00c8RE (40\u2019) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Libreville, Gabon \u2013 Villemomble, France<\/p>\n<p><strong>Created &amp; Performed by:<\/strong> Carmel Loanga<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Music by:<\/strong> Angelo Badalamenti \u201cGrady Groove\u201d; Adrien Kanter \u201cDrops\u201d; Deepnathy \u201cDrama\u201d; Adrien Kanter \u00abRepetitive Movement\u00bb; Nina Simone \u00abStrange Fruit\u00bb, Nakibembe Embaire Group, Gabber Modus Operandi, Wahono \u00ab133\u00bb; James Blake \u00abBig Hammer Pt.3\u00bb; Chrysta Bell, David Lynch, \u00abThe Answers To The Questions\u00bb; Adrien Kanter, \u00abEffet M\u00e8re ending music\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cL&#8217;Effet M\u00e8re is a choreographic work in which Carmel Loanga explores memory, lineage, and identity. Through this solo, she pays tribute to Black women\u2014their struggles, their creative power, and their often unseen legacies.<br \/>\nThe piece emerges from a need for transmission: to tell the stories of mothers\u2014past, present, and future. It questions roots, exile, motherhood, and resilience through a language that intertwines body, voice, and imagery\u00bb.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Programa-Casa-Africa-2026-1.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.\u00a0 Casa \u00c1frica collaborates with the festival to provide visibility to African creators. 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