Performance: 30 min (2011)

Jolie, a solo created with and for Congolese dancer Jolie Ngemi, explores the idea of beauty in Congolese music and dance, where, as art critic Archille Mbembe has written, clashing contradictions, ugliness and the noise of everyday life in the Congo is compressed and transformed. The solo explores dance in its most popular form, sampled from Congolese music videos and night clubs. The music for the performance is generated by the voice of the performer herself, through a live interaction with French composer Yann Leguay.

After Solid Gold, solo for Congolese dancer Dinozord, Jolie aims to make the audience feel in a direct and immediate way the energy, determination & creative potential of a new generation of Congolese artists.

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Concept: Ula Sickle / Created with & performed by Jolie Ngemi / Sound concept & design: Yann Leguay / Sound programming: Sylvain Lebeux / Light design: Ula Sickle & Peter Fol / Production: Caravan Production for Rebecca September vzw / Co-production: Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales Seine-Saint-Denis (FR), Kaaitheater (Brussels, BE), KVS(Brussels, BE), B:OM Festival (Seoul, KR) with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Arts Management Service / Residencies: KVS & Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles (Kinshasa DRC), Seoul Arts Space - Mullae (Seoul KR), Kaaitheater (Brussels BE), Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek (Brussels BE)

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Première: 5th & 6th May, 2011 - Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (FR), w/ Solid Gold: June 9th & 10th, 2011 - Kaaitheater Studios, Brussels (BE), July 21st, 2011 - Platform Contemporain des Arts de la Scene, Institut Francais & KVS, Kinshasa (DRC), February 24, 2012 - Stadsschowburg Brugge (BE), March 17th & 18th - TanzQuartier Vienna (AT).