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Faustin Linyekula
My Body, My Archive
Presented at New York Live Arts
The archives of the body cannot be experienced alone
In My Body, My Archive, Congolese dancer and choreographer Faustin Linyekula explores the ways a body can hold and convey the histories of those who have come before. Linyekula uses dance to narrate stories of his ancestors, a journey that began in 2017 with Banataba, a tribute to his maternal lineage originating from a small village on the Congo River. Building on this exploration, Linyekula unearths and shares the histories of the women in his family. Linyekula imagines his own artistic journey in terms of his personal circle and asserts that archives of the body cannot be experienced alone. Companions, dancers, actors and musicians accompany him in this journey, helping him to tell stories, reactivate collective and personal memories and carry immaterial archives.
Note: This performance includes the use of smoke machines and strong aromas.
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, January 8 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, January 9 @ 7:30pm
Friday, January 10 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, January 11 @ 2pm
Run time: 70 minutes
VENUE
New York Live Arts
219 W 19th Street, between 7th & 8th Ave,
NYC, NY 10011
Access:
Live Arts’ entrances are located on the street level, as is the main entrance to the theater. Box Office staff is available for assistance at either the single revolving door or pair of push bar doors. The elevator provides access to theater seating at the front of the audience, administrative offices, and the studios. Studios and bathroom entrances have ADA push button swing doors.
CREDITS
to be announced
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Dancer and choreographer Faustin Linyekula was born in Ubundu, Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo. He lives and works in Kisangani, North-East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. After studying literature and drama in Kisangani, he moved to Nairobi in 1993 and in 1997 set up with Opiyo Okach the Gàara company, Kenya’s first contemporary dance company. Back in the Congo in June 2001, he created in Kinshasa the Studios Kabako, a space dedicated to dance and visual theater, providing training programmes, as well as supporting research and creation. In his works, Faustin addresses the legacy of decades of war, terror, fear and the collapse of the economy for himself, his family and his friends. Faustin regularly teaches in Africa, Europe and in the United States. He has created eleven pieces with the Studios Kabako. Among its most recent creations are more more more … future (2009), Pour en finir avec Bérénice (2010) and Le Cargo (2011).
CREATION + FUNDING
Presented in Partnership with Live Artery | New York Live Arts with support from Villa Albertine and the Albertine Foundation.
