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Performance

Amala Dianor
Wo-Man, 2021

Saturday, 17.6.2023
4 pm

 

Amala Dianor's performance Wo-Man combines elements of hip-hop with contemporary and African dance. It is the further development of his well-known solo Man Rec, which has already been seen more than a hundred times around the world. Inspired by the pulsating energy of dancer and student of Dianor, Nangaline Gomis, the choreographer began to transfer his movement into another body, to rework and reinvent the work. The solo thus represents a kind of re-creation of the body. Dianor sets out his hybrid, almost magical movement vocabulary, deceptively simple yet complex, abstract yet driven, energetic yet calm. "Man" means "me" in Wolof. "Man Rec" means "only me". "Wo-Man" would be the female version of this choral "I", filled with different influences and cultures.

 

The TROPEZ brings Wo-Man to a Berlin stage for the first time - in the middle of the summer pool.

 

Choreography: Amala Dianor

Original music: Awir Léon

Performer: Nangaline Gomis

Costume: Laurence Chalou

About the artists

 

Amala Dianor began his career as a hip-hop dancer. In 2002, he graduated from the National Centre for Contemporary Dance in Angers and worked as a performer in hip-hop, neoclassical and contemporary dance styles. In 2012, Dianor founded his own company, which to date has fifteen pieces in its repertoire, including his award-winning first work Crossroads, his solo Man Rec and several large-scale group works.


Nangaline Gomis discovered African dance at a young age and a little later contemporary dance, theatre, hip-hop, classical and jazz. Following her studies, she joined the company Amala Dianor.