Abila
Choreography : Opiyo Okach
Trend : Creation Dance
Troupe : GAÄRA (Kenya)
Date of
creation : Mai 2002
Through
Abila, choreographer Opiyo Okach, in the vein of an African
griot who renews the course of history each time, improvises
and recreates the world of the nomadic people of Eastern Africa.
He recreates their mythology of stones…
The dance
is extremely delicate and cool… It gives an impression
of large space. Abila is as much a universally-oriented meeting
as a re-appropriation in the urban world of the material commonly
used by most of the peoples of Eastern Africa that has a meaning
in offering rites, rites of passage, initiation rites, etc.
One would
willingly acknowledge that Opiyo has the talent to take space
in his hand, to rock it… his elbows, shoulders disappear
when he creates a world without apparent violence (J.L.Perrier.).
One could compare this performance to Butoh in the way time
stretches, but the show is very zen, and any attempt at classifying
it will ultimately fail.
Cast
1- Okach Bernard Opiyo : choreographer- dancer
2- Masiga Lailah Atieno : dancer
3- Kariuki Peter Maina : dancer
4- Maina Isaac Karanja : dancer
5- Mweu James : dancer
6- Angels Eric : videographer
7- Duplech Christophe : technician
Stage : 12m x 12m x 6m, black carpet requested
Sound : 1 cassette CD player, 1 mini disc player, 1 mixer, loudspeakers
Light : 2 quartzs 500W, 23 PC 650W, 6 PAR 56 500W, 6 zoom profiles
614W, 6 zoom profiles 650W,
Gelatins Lee Filters : 201, 202, 143, 136, 147, 153, 156, 158,
180, 181
24 circuits monitoring desk, 2 preparations plus submaster,
8 dimmers 3kw,
To be provided :
1 video projector with a stand at 1.2 m at the level of the
stage.
Weight
: 80 kg
Number of people : 8
Gaära
Dance Fondation
Opiyo Okach
P.O.BOX 49415 Nairobi - Kenya
Tel. : ( 254 ) 2 33 62 63 / 4 / 5
Fax : ( 254 ) 2 33 62 53
E-Mail : opiyokach@hotmail.com
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