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She Poems is a screen dance project inspired by poems written by women, created and produced on the African continent by a new generation of female performing arts creators. Begun in 2013, and still on-going, She Poems has produced 20 dance short films, 6 contemporary dance pieces and a photographic series of visual beauty and power. The creators of She Poems are unique and pioneering artists who, from their particular and varied African geographical, cultural and personal context, engage in intimate creative processes to transform a poetic score into body and audio-visual language, using performative codes that originate from their immediate daily environment, their heritage and their own creative impulse.
exodus | tanzania (dar es salaam)
inspired in the poem by angela figuera aymerich (spain)
she: khadija nasibu
direction: aïda colmenero dïazvideo
editing: juan OO cañamero
production by yakart with the support of de embajada de españa en dar es salaam, casa áfrica, muda africa, vipaji foundation, nafasi art space, alliance français dar es salaam, southern sun hotel
the fear remover | senegal (dakar)
inspired in the poem by el corsal desastre (spain)
she: khoudia touré
direction: aïda colmenero dïazvideo
editing: siaka s. traoré & yakart
produced by yakart with the support of embajada de españa en dakar, casa áfrica, aula cervantes, maison aïssa dione, goethe instiut dakar, sunu street, hotel sokhamon
light scar | cape verde (praia)
inspired by texts about gender violence (cape verde)
she: rosy timas tavares, suzana tavares, julia dias, sualia lima
direction: aïda colmenero dïazvideo yakart
music: jeff hessney
produced by yakart with the support of embassy of spain in cape verde, casa áfrica, instituto de igualdad y equidad de género de praia, y la compañía de danza raíz di polon
abismo | togo (lomé)
inspired in the poem by iosune de goñi (spain)
she: estelle foli
direction: aïda colmenero dïaz
músic: kai engel
produced in lomé y accra, by yakart with the support of embajada de españa en accra, casa áfrica, brin de chocolate cultural center, goethe institut lomé, aske dance company
lifetime dust VII | tanzania (dar es salaam & bagamoyo)
inspired in the poem by rosario castellanos (méxico)
she: happyness majige
direction: aïda colmenero dïazvideo
editing: yakart
produced by yakart with the support of embajada de españa en dar es salaam, casa áfrica, muda africa, vipaji foundation, nafasi art space, goethe institut dar es salaam.
Aïda Colmenero Dïaz is a choreographer, dancer, filmmaker and a Performing arts curator born in Madrid of Galician descent. Aïda is a leading artist in Spain thanks to her avant-garde career, which has led her to explore unusual regions of the world and to embark on unique creative processes, crossing borders and providing a complex and alternative reflection on identity and cultural heritage. Through her work, marked by her multidisciplinary creative capacity, she aims to connect minds, build geographical and cultural bridges, and recover historical memory.
This programme has been made possible through the generous support of AC/E – Acción Cultural Española
Please note that She Poems will only be available for 12 hours of viewing after it has premiered
