New creation from the Khor Company

Piece for 4 dancers and musicians

First:

March 2027, Théâtre de Corbeil-Essonnes

Over the past few years, the workshops I have conducted in France and Senegal have brought me into contact with the prison environment of these two countries, as well as with shelters for people who have migrated between Africa and Europe.


Following these changes in environment, they shared with me their survival process in rebuilding their identities and new social connections. I witnessed moments where the therapeutic power of dance truly healed, allowing for the expression of vulnerability, which then became a source of resilience.

Poster for the show The Centre.

In what ways are certain rituals used to transform everyday life and create new spaces of freedom?

I wonder about the universality of movements and traditions that travel from Africa to Europe, like traces of existence, allowing us to recreate connections. I feel drawn to the words of Memory, Heritage, Elevation, Rhythms, and Ancestral traditions. For me, a question about the notion of community, about the place of the individual within the group, will emerge from this process. This is the precious material that inspires my drive toward a new adventure, both artistic and human.

Born from the movement towards emancipation of marginalized groups through creativity, dance and music, as a culture it now faces questions of transmission, memory work and preservation.

I have a desire to immerse myself body and soul in HipHop with its shifting edges, whose values of universality and collective elevation, central to its emergence, could still be the source of a way of coexisting, of being together.

With a deep, unwavering desire to share them.

Khoudia Touré

Choreography
Khoudia Touré

Performers and musicians
Khoudia Touré, Rayan Amu, Agathe Moubembé, Julien Villa

Collective musical composition

Lighting and set design - in progress

Sound engineering - in progress

Costumes - in progress

Research Assistant
Tommaso Patrix

Production
Compagnie KHOR

Production Manager
Yasna Mujkic

Delegated production Senegal
Maggando Association

Co-production: Théâtre de Corbeil-Essonnes Grand Paris Sud; Théâtre Louis Aragon,
Tremblay-en-France

With the support of the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis.

Research residency: Villa Albertine (Chicago), French Institute