Decolonial (Hi)stories #Parallel Portraits at Reykjavík Dance Festival

Betty Tchomanga

Decolonial (Hi)stories #Parallel Portraits

Saturday 14th November 19:30 - 22:30

Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Listabraut 3

In bringing together the first four episodes of the Decolonial (Hi)stories series, Betty Tchomanga takes up the political dimension of theater as a place for transmitting knowledge by setting effects in motion.

Four history lessons in which we discover a colonial history shared by several continents. From France to Benin, via Algeria to Ethiopia, this journey through time and space is made through the stories, bodies, voices and singular histories of Emma Tricard, Folly Romain Azaman, Dalila Khatir and Adélaïde Desseauve aka Mulunesh.

How is history transmitted? From what points of view? How do we talk about colonial history today? Between their stories, between our stories, commonalities or differences resonate, unexpected echoes strike us, creating other ways of connecting with each other.

Decolonial (Hi)stories #Parallel Portraits is part of R.O.M (Residencies On the Move) at the invitation of le joli collectif – Théâtre l’Aire Libre in France. R.O.M is supported by the European Union through the Creative Europe programme, as well as by the Conseil des arts de Montréal.

Originally programmed by Moving in November in Helsinki, the work continues its tour to Reykjavík Dance Festival through a collaboration between the two festivals. The presentation in Reykjavík is supported by the Icelandic-Finnish Cultural Foundation as part of a joint initiative to strengthen Nordic cooperation and develop more sustainable touring practices.

https://movinginnovember.fi/

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.

https://residenciesonthemove.eu/

Suitable from age 12 and up

This performance contains flashing lights

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