{"id":10078,"date":"2025-09-06T01:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hessisches-staatsballett.de\/stuecke\/epique-pour-yikakou\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T22:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T20:08:07","slug":"epique-pour-yikakou","status":"publish","type":"nb_production","link":"https:\/\/www.hessisches-staatsballett.de\/en\/stuecke\/epique-pour-yikakou\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9PIQUE! (pour Yikakou)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With \u00c9PIQUE! Nadia Beugr\u00e9 returns to the roots of her childhood in Ivory Coast, to a village that was overgrown by the forest long ago and now only survives as a memory. In this solo piece, the dancer and choreographer, whose reputation is based on works that radically challenge social norms of identity, gender and perception, moves between ritual, memory and resistance. Inspired by her grandmother Gbahihonon, the \u201cwoman who says what she sees,\u201d and legendary female figures from her heritage such as D\u00f4-Kamissa, the female oracle and \u201cbuffalo woman\u201d, Beugr\u00e9 weaves together personal and collective stories in which women \u2013 often overlooked \u2013 determine history. Accompanied by a musician and a female griotte, a keeper of forgotten stories, \u00c9PIQUE! invites the audience to listen to the voices of her ancestors. Dance, music and storytelling combine to create a thunderous space in which Beugr\u00e9 celebrates the power of female resistance. An intense and vivid solo that uses her body, voice and rhythm to summon the courage to face her own roots and history, the piece is both tender and direct and is sustained by her compelling presence.<\/p>\n

Duration approx. 65 minutes<\/em><\/p>\n

Languages: No language skills required. The play contains a few passages in French and B\u00e9t\u00e9, with German surtitles.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Credits<\/h4>\n\t<\/div>\n\t
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Artistic direction & performance:<\/strong> Nadia Beugr\u00e9<\/p>\n

Performance & live music:<\/strong> Salimata Diabate (drums, balafon), Charlotte Dali (voice, drums)<\/p>\n

Dramaturg:<\/strong> Kader Lassina Tour\u00e9<\/p>\n

Scenography:<\/strong> Jean-Christophe Lanquetin<\/p>\n

Light and technical direction:<\/strong> Paulin Ouedraogo<\/p>\n

Production:<\/strong> Virginie Dupray \/ Libr\u2019Arts<\/p>\n

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In coproduction with Montpellier Danse, in residence at the cit\u00e9 internationale de la danse, with support from Fondation BNP Paribas, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Charleroi danse – Centre chor\u00e9graphique national de la f\u00e9d\u00e9ration Wallonie Bruxelles, Festival d\u2019Automne, Theater Freiburg, Centre chor\u00e9graphique National de Caen en Normandie (Accueil studio \/ Ministry of Culture), ICI – Centre chor\u00e9graphique national de Montpellier Occitanie \/ Direction Christian Rizzo as part of the associate artist programme. With support from the DRAC Occitanie and R\u00e9gion Occitanie Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e. Special Thanks to Ivoire Marionnettes and Institut fran\u00e7ais de C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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