carte noire | gadzi - a Paris chapter

What bridges can be built between Harare, Dakar and Paris? What dialogues and exchanges might be imagined between these three cities, their past and their present? With these questions in mind, nora chipaumire conceived the carte blanche offered to her by the Festival d'Automne, which she has renamed carte noire. The choreographer and dancer, who was based in New York for a time, has singular ties to each of these places: to Zimbabwe, where she was born and founded nhereraHUB, a space for work and reflection open to collaborative encounters; to Senegal, where she worked for many years, most notably with the women of the village of Toubab Dialaw; and to Paris, where several of her works have been presented, a city that, for her, invites conversation in the fullest sense of the word.  

Closing out her carte blanche and the 2026 edition of the Festival, nora chipaumire comes to the Fondation Cartier to present gadzi—a Paris chapter, a final work that embraces slowness: one that never settles into a space but rather traverses and reconfigures it.