{"id":2243,"date":"2020-10-08T08:59:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T08:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africablooming.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2020-12-03T11:04:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T11:04:57","slug":"cdc-la-termitiere-a-growing-choreographic-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africablooming.com\/en\/cdc-la-termitiere-a-growing-choreographic-center\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC La Termiti\u00e8re | A growing choreographic center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is a temple of dance in the heart of Ouagadougou.
The Choreographic Center ‘La Termiti\u00e8re’, born almost 15 years ago, pursues its ambition to develop contemporary dance on the continent. This year the CDC announces the construction of a new studio and the rehabilitation of the outdoor theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Burkina Faso has long been an important cultural hub of Africa: film festival (FESPACO<\/a>), crafts salon (SIAO), theater festival (Les R\u00e9cr\u00e9atrales<\/a>), electronic music festival (Africa Bass Culture<\/a>) …
In 1986, President Thomas Sankara<\/strong><\/em>, committed to highlighting the culture of his country, built a popular outdoor theater in the heart of the Samandin district in the capital Ouagadougou. 20 years later, internationally renowned choreographers Salia Sanou<\/em> and<\/a> Seydou Boro <\/a><\/em> brought the site back to life by making it their home with CDC La Termiti\u00e8re<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two dancers and choreographers met in the course of their respective artistic journeys. In 1996 they founded together the company Salia N\u00ef Seydou. Ten years later they pursue their desire to develop contemporary dance in Burkina Faso by building a choreographic center, with the support of public authorities.
If dance is very present socially, so far it didn’t have a dedicated place in the region. In front of this reality, they wish to bring a valuable tool to African artists. Following workshops and projects on the territory they opened La Termiti\u00e8re<\/em>, a space for creation, performance, training, exchange<\/strong>, a space that ‘swarms’ with ideas, like a termite mound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The space has since grown, hosting the festival Dialogues de Corps<\/a><\/em>, professional trainings such as Je danse comme je suis<\/em> and Yeelen Don<\/em>, the workshop Regards Partag\u00e9s<\/em>. It also organizes several projects off-site, including Refugees On The Move<\/em><\/a>. The center is involved locally and internationally, linking artistic and social concerns.
Companies come for creative residencies, and artists can be accommodated on site. Workshops such as Engagement F\u00e9minin<\/em> take place every year. And finally, touring productions make stopovers there.
The place is so prolific that it would be almost cramped…<\/p>\n\n\n\n