Rite de passage – Solo II
Bintou Dembelé
In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is presenting Rite de passage – Solo II by Bintou Dembelé in collaboration with the Villa Médicis and the Romaeuropa Festival.
Recognized as one of the pioneers of hip hop dance in France, Bintou Dembelé returns to Villa Medicis - where she recently developed her research as a resident artist - to present Rite de passage – Solo II: a solo, conceived for the dancer Michel "Meech" Onomo , with which the choreographer continues her research around the term "marroonage" historically referring to African slaves who fled from the plantations. In art, the same term has come to designate the conquest of a space of freedom in response to the constraints imposed by a system. With an approach aimed at digging into the memory of the body to trace its constructions linked to French colonial and post-colonial history, Dembelé broadens her reflection to universal questions such as that of time and death and inscribes the strength of her dance in the splendid corniche of Villa Medicis.
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About the artist
Bintou Dembelé
In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is presenting Rite de passage – Solo II by Bintou Dembelé in collaboration with the Villa Médicis and the Romaeuropa Festival.
