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Bintou Dembélé

  • Bintou Dembélé

    Bintou Dembélé is a prominent figure in France’s hip-hop scene, known for her dynamic career as a dancer, choreographer. The first AfroQueer choreographer hired by the Paris Opera—for her groundbreaking reinterpretation of Rameau’s Les Indes galantes, created with Clément Cogitore in 2019 and the conductor Léonardo Garcia Alarçon —she has collaborated throughout her career with renowned artists such as Denis Darzacq or MC Solaar, exploring themes of cultural memory, colonial history, and reappropriation in her choreographic works.

    In 2002, Dembélé founded her own structure, Rualité, which has produced six acclaimed productions, blending elements from dance, music, and visual arts. Dembélé has also engaged in academic collaborations and is sought after as a speaker on her artistic approach. She holds associate artist positions at Ateliers Médicis, Carnegie-Mellon University (CBESA), and UChicago (Black Baroque).

  • Credits

    onception: Bintou Dembélé
    Performance: Michel « Meech » Onomo
    Lighting Design: Emmanuel Gary
    Music Creation: Charles Amblard
    Additional Music: Drumming – Phase I – Steve Reich, Colin Currie
    Audio Mix: Vincent Hoppe
    Costumes: Annie Melza
    Production: La Structure Rualité
    Coproduction & Support// Ateliers Médicis (Clichy-Sous-Bois /Montfermeil), CND Centre National de la Danse Aide à la résidence // le T2G Théâtre de Gennevilliers – CDN (Pantin), Centre de la danse GPS&O Pierre-Doussaint (Les Mureaux), Antre- Peaux (Bourges)
    Research: Villa Médicis (Rome), Villa Albertine (Chicago) Fonds de dotation Francis Kurkdjian

    Production at L’Alliance New York
    Programming Manager: Clementine Guinchat

Support for Crossing The Line

Florence Gould Foundation        Howard Gilman Foundation

and The Wescustogo Foundation

Support for dance programming in Crossing The Line from The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Harkness Foundation for Dance

L’Alliance New York’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the Support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

L’Alliance New York’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the Support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature

Photo Credit:
Lead Image @Christophe-Raynaud-De-Lage

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