March 4, 5, 6, 7:30 PM, March 7, 4 PM
Solid Gold - Ula Sickle (Belgique) in association with Dinozord (RDC). A production of Rebecca September vzw (Belgique)
Looping the loop : From African dance to American hip hop and back again.
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In Solid Gold Ula Sickle & Dinozord, a young Hip Hop dancer from Kinshasa (DR Congo), translate thier work together on the video installation Looping the Loop: From African Dance to American Hip Hop and Back Again into a live performance for stage. The result is a solo performance for Dinozord that traces the roots of Hip Hop, from traditional African dance to forms of entertainment dance from Broadway and Hollywood to MTV. A transhistorical and transnational dance form, hip hop has found a huge following in Africa, where it is being continually reinvented and transformed.
Inspired by the 1979 American hit parade show Solid Gold, in which the musical hits of the past year were performed in playback by a chorus of dancers, the solo moves from one hit dance style to the next, and from one epoch to another. The steps of one become the sound score for the next. Gradually the dancers movement becomes a musical score providing the impulse for the next groove. What dance does the future hold?
Concept = Ula Sickle
Created with and performed by Dinozord
Sound concept & design = Yann Leguay
Production = Rebecca September
Management = Caravanproductions for Rebecca September vzw
Support = Pianofabriek, KVS
Special thanks = Studio Kabako
Photo = Ula Sickle / Vincent PinckaersLooping the Loop: From African Dance to American Hip Hop and Back Again from ula sickle on Vimeo.
Ula Sickle was born in Toronto and studied in Paris before attending P.A.R.T.S, Performing Arts Research and Training Studios, in Brussels, Belgium. After graduating in 2004, she created the Artistic label Rebecca September, to produce work developed in collaboration with other artists. KNOCKOUT (2005) and VIEWMASTER (2007), both evening length performances, were created under this label. Ula has also created several solo works and has created choreography for several theater productions. Ula is currently an artist in residence at Le Fresnoy, a film production program in the north of France. Her work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Flemish minister for youth, sport, culture and Brussels Affairs.
Dinozord (Patrick Mbungu) was born on the 29th of October, 1987 in Kinsahsa and studied at the Art School L’ESPORA (secondary studies). A dancer by profession he started his career in 2000 with the rap group The Leader Boys. He has participated in several workshops (with Faustin Linyekula in 2001 and 2006, Céline Bacqué and Anne Nguyen en 2004, Fred Bendongé and film maker Thierry De Mey in 2005). He is a performer in The Dialogue Series iii, Dinozord, of Faustin Liyekula, which has been presented in several european cities (Vienna, Brussels, Avignon, Lisbon, Paris, etc.). In October 2007 he was invited to the Platform of Contemporary Dance in Maputo, where he presented his first solo. Dinozord is a performer in the last piece of Faustin, more more more... future that premiere during the 2009 edition of the Kunsten Festival (Brussels).