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Nsamu

 

Nsamu
Solo created in 2003

 

 

 

Artistic designer and choreographer :
Zab Maboungou
Performer :
Zab Maboungou
Musicians :
Diolkidi
Dominic Kofi Donkor

Music composed by :
Zab Maboungou
Set designer :
Chryso Bashonga
Lighting :
François O'Hara
Costume for Zab Maboungou :
Denis Lavoie
Costume for the musicians :
Guylaine Tolemyo

 


As caught up in the rhythm of the music as always, Zab Maboungou will explore, "a place for words that only the body can establish". "To create a choreography," she adds, "is not an act of writing, but one of configuration, within a precise, fluid measurement of time." In this context, where dance uses movement to mark time, NSAMU establishes the place - a plot - where actions and words are inextricably linked. In kikongo, the language of the two Congos, NSAMU means "the subject of the debate". NSAMU is also very rhythmic, juxtaposing signs, sounds and steps. The piece describes a possible path: one that leads from movement to words.


The piece was presented in Dakar, Senegal during the festival Kaay Fecc (June 2003), and in Ottawa at the 2004 Canada Dance Festival.