Compagnie Amala Dianor

With young dancers influenced by aesthetics from all over the world, DUB summons the musical and choreographic vitality of generation Z in a joyful, free and contemporary utopia.
They are called whacking, dancehall, hell, jookin, pantsula. Distributed via social networks, these urban 2.0 dances come from specific communities established in Korea, Europe, the United States or South and West Africa. Their performers, as connected as they are virtuosic, draw their rhythmic energy from the beats of DJs remixing traditional or popular music. While borrowing from the choreographic references of their elders of the hip-hop generation, they invent a free and hybrid movement that inspires Amala Dianor. The choreographer went to meet them physically in their various living spaces, accompanied by the photographer Grégoire Korganow. Following the process of appropriation of Dub music, which distorts acoustic reggae by mixing it with electronic sounds, he then invited them to displace and extend their respective dance techniques around a common field of experimentation, "an ephemeral territory conceived as a meeting space". In the same spirit, the visual device of the piece is inspired by the spaces seen on site, from the collective ballroom to the private flat, while Awir Léon's musical composition draws on the influences of each practice. From quotation to (re)creation, a lively, creative and enjoyable picture of today's dances.

AMALA DIANOR COMPANY
After a brilliant career as a performer, Amala Dianor created her company Kaplan in 2012. From his solo Man Rec in 2014, in which he explored his African origins, to The Falling Stardust (2019) for nine contemporary and classical dancers, or Emaphakathini (2022) for the Via Katlehong, he has happily hybridized forms and styles between hip-hop, his artistic homeland, and contemporary dance - he trained at the Cndc in Angers. In 2021, he also directed the short films CinéDanse with Grégoire Korganow.

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