Géométrie de vies (Geometry of Lives)
Collectif d'Art d'Art /STUDIOS KABAKO (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Sat Jan 25 7:30pm In-Person
- Sat Jan 25 Online
- Sun Jan 26 2pm In-Person
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Géométrie de vies (The Geometry of Lives) is a vibrant narrative poem brought to life through theatre, song and dance. Its lyrics link two young lives on a journey across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a land fertile with hopes and dreams.
On this path, we follow the footsteps of a quiet, introverted boy and a young girl who takes cover from mortar fire under her mother’s bed. Between working in the fields and fleeing combat, a father and his family navigate the long road of the displaced as refugees in their own country.
On stage stands the memory box, a wall where each window opens to the past, conjuring up real or imagined remembrances. Superimposed voices and juxtaposed narratives, interwoven, sometimes intersecting, often intertwining, arise under a torrent of resonant words. Crafting a contemporary history, performers trace curves, straight lines and broken lines as they strive to uncover sense from the past of a nation scarred by colonization.
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Artist Bio
Collectif d’Art-d’Art
Collectif d’Art-d’Art is a collective of young artists trained at the National Institute of Arts of Kinshasa, based at the M’eko Cultural Center located in the commune of Ngaliema in Kinshasa, a place where we have been creating and distributing since 2011. Co-directed by Michael Disanka and Christiana Tabaro, the Art-d’Art Collective advocates a state of mind open to all forms of artistic expression, which allows the souls of artists to shine through which animate each of its members, hence our credo: “the art in us, art for us, art through us.”
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Venue
1218 Cartwright Street, Granville Island, Vancouver
Showtimes & Tickets
Post-show talkback: Jan 25
Accessibility
In French with English surtitles
Credits
Text and Direction Michael Disanka et Christiana Tabaro with Christiana Tabaro, Kady Vital Mavakala, Ta-Luyobisa Luheho and Michael Disanka Music Ta-Luyobisa Luheho, Kady Vital Mavakala External Consultant and Lighting Faustin Linyekula Set Design Michael Disanka and Christiana Tabaro Production Le Collectif d’Art d’Art/Tabaro Mugoli Coproduction Les Studios kabako, Les Rencontres à l’échelle – B/P, la Kaserne de Bâle et Les Récréâtrales soutiens Institut français de Paris, Institut Français de Kinshasa, Institut français de Bukavu, Plateforme Contemporaine de Kinshasa