Queen Blood — Ousmane Sy
On tour
After Fighting Spirit, Ousmane Sy pursues on his exploration work about energies and feminine gestures. Paradox-Sal dancers roll out their technical virtuosity and uniqueness so as to reveal or interrogate what could be womanhood, assumed or suffered, through dance and movement. Set up from each one’s personal experience, Queen Blood proposes an intimate and vibrating performance.
Choreography: Ousmane Sy
Choreography assistant: Odile Lacides
7 dancers among: Allauné Blegbo, Cynthia Casimir, Megan Deprez, Selasi Dogbatse, Valentina Dragotta, Dominique Elenga, Nadia Gabrieli Kalati, Linda Hayford, Nadiah Idris, Odile Lacides, Audrey Minko, Stéphanie Paruta, Kristina Kunn aka Krissy Sow
Lights: Xavier Lescat
Sound: Adrien Kanter
Costumes: Hasnaa Smini
Length: 60 minutes
For all ages over 8
An All 4 House show
Production: Garde Robe
Co-production: Initiatives d’Artistes en Danses Urbaines — Fondation de France – La Villette 2018, La Villette 2019, Centre de la danse P. Doussaint GPS&O, Centre chorégraphique national de La Rochelle I Compagnie Accrorap – Kader Attou et Centre chorégraphique national de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne I Compagnie Kafig direction Mourad Merzouki in the framework of a studio residency.
With the support of the DRAC Ile de-France under the project aid 2017, ADAMI, Arcadi Ile-de-France, the city of Paris under the studio residency aid 2018, Initiatives d’Artistes en Danses Urbaines – Fondation de France – La Villette 2017, 2018 and 2019, Maison Daniel Féry – maison de la musique de Nanterre, CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, the city of Lille – Maisons Folie – FLOW and the Spedidam.
Thanks to: Mwendwa Marchand, Anaïs Mpanda
This project received the 3rd Prize and the Technical Prize at the contest Danse élargie 2018 organized by the Théâtre de la Ville – Paris and the Musée de la danse – Rennes, in partnership with the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès.
Queen Blood opened on March 28, 2019 at La Villette, Paris