SOLID GOLD | 2010
Created with and performed by Dinozord, a young contemporary dancer from Kinshasa, Solid Gold traces the roots of Hip Hop, from traditional African dance to forms of entertainment dance from Broadway and Hollywood to MTV. As the solo moves from one hit dance style to the next, and from one epoch to another, the amplified steps of one dance become the sound score for the next. Gradually the dancers movement becomes a musical score providing the impulse for the next groove.
Inspired by the 1979 American television show of the same name, where the previous year’s musical hits were performed in playback by a chorus of dancers, as well as by the film "Soul Power" on James’s Brown’s visit to the Zaire during the reign of Mobutu, Solid Gold also refers to the exploitation of the Congo's natural resources, and to its true and often overlooked resource; the energy, determination and creativity of its youth.
www.ulasickle.com
Tour
04-03-2010 through 07-03-2010 "Ideodanse" Tangente, Montreal14-04-2010 KVS, Brussels
15-07-2010 and 16-07-2010 French Cultural Center (Halle de La Gombe) & KVS, Kinshasa (DRC)
Concept & Choreography :
Ula Sickle
in collaboration with :
Dinozord & Yann Leguay
Residency :
Kunstenwerkpalaats Pianofabriek, Les Bains Connectives, KVS, Tangente
Sound Concept & Design :
Yann Leguay
Special Thanks :
Studio Kabako
Support :
VGC, OFQJ Office franco-quebecois de Jeunesse, Canada Council for the Arts