Soa Ratsifandrihana

Soa Ratsifandrihana is a Franco-Malagasy dancer and choreographer based in Brussels. After studying at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, she worked with James Thierrée, Salia Sanou and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.

In 2021, she presented her first solo, g r oo v e in Brussels. The show has been performed more than 70 times and continues to tour in Europe, Canada, Asia and in Madagascar. In spring 2024, Soa presented a diptych comprising a radio creation, Rouge cratère, and a performance entitled Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna. Following on from her first solo, she explores the possible intersections between different media, from radio storytelling to choreographic and musical composition. Her practice reminds us that our bodies, like our words, are the bearers of stories which, however we choose to communicate them, must be told. Soa has been artist-in-residence at the Kaaitheater (Belgium) from 2023 to 2025.