Culturescapes: Laureates of Africa Simply the Best

«Africa Simply the Best» is a platform that brings choreographers from the entire continent together in Burkina Faso and lets them perform against one another. Every two years, this enormous cultural event crowns the best in their discipline, and three of the award-winners will now get to showcase their work on the stage here at the Casino Theater Zug as part of the Culturescapes Festival.

Bibata Ibrahim Maïga is a young dancer and choreographer from Mali who will be delivering her solo performance «Esprit Bavard» in Zug. She uses it to question our relationship with religion and society. What are the expectations on us and how does their influence shape us as individuals? Addressing ourselves is expressed in movement.

In her solo entitled «Kemet», South Africa’s Assanda Ruda searches for differentiation and emancipation from her own culture within the theatre. Her focus is on the issue of political appropriateness in the Africa of today which determines social cohesion and identity.

Cameroon’s Tchina N’Djida’s «Cross» deals with illegal immigrants leaving their families behind in the search for paradise. It shows the horror that young people have to go through before they finally come to the awful decision that they have leave, at any cost.

Introduction at 7:15 pm (in German)

Co-Production  Culturescapes 2023 Sahara, Ankata & Faso Danse Théatre and in Kollaboration with Hellerau Dresden, DansArt Bielefeld, Theater Casino Zug and Festival Next.

Supported by the Canton of Zug

Culturescapes is a multi-disciplinary cultural festival held every two years in autumn and which is designed to promote intercultural dialogue. This year’s event focusses extensively on the Sahara and deals with the subjects of borders, resilience and the future(s). It will visit over 30 institutions for two months, inviting audiences to take a deeper look into the arts and lives of those from the Sahara region via dance, music, film and discussions.