In "Le Bassin de Diana", three dancers celebrate ikoku dance, where the body vibrates, seduces and asserts itself. With "Totêm", Carmel Loanga blends hip-hop and Gabonese dance to create a raw, urban energy that reflects the neighbourhoods of Libreville.
Carmel Loanga continues her residency at Espace 1789 with this latest piece, in which the pulsation of the pelvis becomes poetry in motion.
And with "Totêm", she creates a vibrant male trio inspired by the working-class neighbourhoods of Libreville. Here, young people dance jazzé (Afro-urban dance) to survive, to unite, to remember. Movements from hip-hop dance merge with traditional Gabonese steps, creating a unique choreographic language in which past and present meet.
And dance, pulsating, becomes a weapon against adversity, an outlet, a means of transcending reality.
And with "Totêm", she creates a vibrant male trio inspired by the working-class neighbourhoods of Libreville. Here, young people dance jazzé (Afro-urban dance) to survive, to unite, to remember. Movements from hip-hop dance merge with traditional Gabonese steps, creating a unique choreographic language in which past and present meet.
And dance, pulsating, becomes a weapon against adversity, an outlet, a means of transcending reality.
