Fampitaha, Fampita, Fampitàna
Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna means comparison, transmission and rivalry in Malagasy. On the stage, four bodies challenge each other, choose each other and purge themselves of the (layers of) violence that constitute them.
The second chapter of a diptych begun with her radio creation Rouge Cratère (Red Crater), choreographer Soa Ratsifandrihana searches for a vocabulary between bodies and history to understand what links them and what sets them apart. Soa has teamed up with guitarist Joël Rabesolo and performers Audrey Merilus and Stanley Ollivier to build a new alterity in which bodies emerge from their silence by offering themselves the possibility of language.
FFF is presented as a rediscovered line of dialogue between the children of diasporas and their places of origin. A plural narrative in which the shattering of these experiences is as vibrant as their reappropriation.
Written out before us is the story of bodies that would never have left their islands, and which, together, are fashioning a parade against exile.
• Soa Ratsifandrihana is a Franco-Malagasy dancer and choreographer based in Brussels. After dancing for several years with Rosas, Soa presents her first solo in Brussels, entitled g r oo v e. The show has been performed over forty times and continues to tour, including at Kaaitheater. Her work reminds us that our bodies, just like our words, are bearers of stories, and that however we communicate them, they must be told. Soa is an associate artist of Kaaitheater from 2023 to 2025.
artistic direction Soa Ratsifandrihana | choreography & performance Audrey Merilus, Stanley Ollivier, Soa Ratsifandrihana | footwork phrase Raza | original music & performance Joël Rabesolo | dramaturgy Lily Brieu Nguyen | artistic collaboration Jérémie Polin Razanaparany aka Raza, Amelia Ewu, Thi Mai Nguyen | light design Marie-Christine Soma | sound design Chloé Despax, Guilhem Angot | costumes Harilay Rabenjamina | support for questions on transmission & identity Prisca Ratovonasy | text Sékou Semega | video Valérianne Poidevin | general technique Blaise Cagnac | light technique Diane Guérin | sound technique Guilhem Angot | development, production, diffusion ama brussels | delegated production Théâtre Varia, ama brussels in collaboration with Météores | co-production Kaaitheater, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre Varia, Charleroi danse, MC93 — Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, ICI – centre chorégraphique national Montpellier Occitanie / Direction Christian Rizzo, centre chorégraphique national d’Orléans – direction Maud Le Pladec, Le Gymnase-CDCN Roubaix, La Place de la Danse-CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie, Fonds Yavarhoussen, Tanz im August/ / HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Fonds Transfabrik - fonds franco-allemand pour le spectacle vivant, La Coop asbl, Shelter Prod | coproduction A-CDCN (Les Hivernales – CDCN d’Avignon, La Manufacture – CDCN Nouvelle- Aquitaine Bordeaux · La Rochelle, L’échangeur – CDCN Hauts-de-France, Le Dancing CDCN Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Chorège CDCN Falaise Normandie, Le Pacifique – CDCN Grenoble – Auvergne – Rhône- Alpes, Touka Danses – CDCN Guyane, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix – Hauts- de-France, POLE-SUD CDCN / Strasbourg, La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie, La Maison Danse CDCN Uzès Gard Occitanie, La briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne) | residencies ICI – CCN Montpellier Occitanie, La Bellone – Maison du spectacle, Gemeenschapscentrum De Kriekelaar, Université d’Antananarivo, KAAP, Le Gymnase-CDCN Roubaix, Théâtre Varia, CCN d’Orléans, Radio Grenouille | support Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service de la danse, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, ING et Tax Shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge | Soa Ratsifandrihana is artist in residence at Kaaitheater from 2023 to 2025 | thanks to Julie Iarisoa, Makwa Joma, Arikaomisa Randria, Naivo, Maria Dogahe, Jonathan, Do sy Bodo
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