As caught up in the rhythm of the music as always, Zab Maboungou will
explore, "a place for words that only the body can establish".
"To create a choreography," she adds, "is not an act
of writing, but one of configuration, within a precise, fluid measurement
of time." In this context, where dance uses movement to mark
time, NSAMU establishes the place - a plot - where actions and words
are inextricably linked. In kikongo, the language of the two Congos,
NSAMU means "the subject of the debate". NSAMU is also very
rhythmic, juxtaposing signs, sounds and steps. The piece describes
a possible path: one that leads from movement to words.
The piece was presented in Dakar, Senegal during the festival Kaay
Fecc (June 2003), and in Ottawa at the 2004 Canada Dance Festival.
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