Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations 2023 Presentation — Going green upside down (Allant vert a l´envers) by Ladji Kone

Synopsis

A choreographic project, “Going Green Upside Down” is a laboratory about the synergy and proximity of humans and nature. By questioning how the energy of performing art could be fused with the art of nature, Ladji and his creative collaborators share the experience of the existing Pocket Park in Ouagadougou as well as the joy and positive impacts of nature to everyone regardless of social class, age, religion or gender.

About Ladji Kone

Artist, dancer, choreographer, thinker and land-artist, Ladji began dancing as an autodidact in his neighbourhood. In 2003, the discovery of hip-hop culture channelled his exuberant energy, and breakdance became his research laboratory of the possible. His open approach and emphasis on complicity, maintains dynamism and perpetual questioning without prejudice. Ladji brings people together within the JUMP collective, working with artists and thinkers from various contexts. With his company Ciel K, he merges his universe with the visual artist Soly Volná to develop actions rooted in dance and design, in encounter with other artistic and scientific disciplines, so as to question social and environmental balance.

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