“Her success is mirrored by phenomenal sold-out tours: she is currently the most popular young choreographer with over a hundred dates a year” – Le Monde
Leïla Ka has managed to impose her combative energy in just a few years. At once powerfully theatrical and fearsomely precise, her dance grabs you by the gut.
Following the international success of her first three multi-award-winning pieces, the solos and duets Pode ser / C’est toi qu’on adore / Se faire la belle, Leïla Ka has created Maldonne, a group piece nominated for the International Dance Prize at Saddler’s Wells in London.
Entering through the doors of urban dance, the young woman did not go to school, charting a course off the beaten track of academism. After performing in Maguy Marin’s celebrated piece May B, Leïla Ka went on to create her own choreography, drawing on her urban and contemporary influences. She is currently an associate artist at the CENTQUATRE – Paris, and at the Scène Nationale de Cavaillon and Dieppe.
Photo: Duy Laurent