Germaine Acogny
Living Legends
Why Coralie Custos Quatreville recommends Germaine Acogny
“Because gesture and movement are, above all, a constant rethinking of openness.”
Germaine Acogny is a Senegalese-French dancer, choreographer and teacher widely described as the mother of contemporary African dance. Born in Benin in 1944 and raised in Senegal, she built a technique rooted in traditional African dances and the body's relationship to the earth, combined with classical and modern Western training. She directed Mudra Afrique in Dakar, founded by Maurice Béjart, from 1977 to 1982, and in 1998 opened the École des Sables in Toubab Dialaw, an international centre f
- Place
- Toubab Dialaw, Senegal
- Recommended by
- Coralie Custos Quatreville
- Collections
- Living Legends · Co-Being · Arts & Culture
Wolof
Ndax jëf ak yëngu, ci lu jiitu lépp, ab xalaataat bu dul jeex la ci ubbiku.
Germaine Acogny ab fecckat, koreyograaf ak jàngalekat la, bu Senegaal ak Faraas, te ñu bari dañu koy tudde yaayu fecc mu Afrig mu jamono jii. Mu juddoo Benin ci 1944 te màgge Senegaal, mu sàkk ab teknik bu ame cosaan ci fecci cosaan yu Afrig ak jokkoo gi yaram am ak suuf si, boole ko ak tàggatu klasik ak modern bu réewi Sowu. Moo jiite Mudra Afrique ci Dakar, lekkool gi Maurice Béjart sos, dale ko 1977 ba 1982, te ci 1998 mu ubbi École des Sables ci Toubab Dialaw, ab béréb bu àddina sépp ngir tàggatu ci fecci cosaan ak fecci jamono jii yu Afrig. Mu jot Golden Lion bi ñuy jox ngir liggéeyu dund gépp, ci Venice Biennale Dance ci 2021.
