photo/foto: Julio Pantoja

De/Liberate Gestures

Movement is about engaging in the here-and-now. For choreographer and interpreter Zab Maboungou, her choreographic vocabulary and personal poetics emerge from those profound musical forms that, through and beyond the instrument, are sustained by our steps and resonate in our gestures. Her dance is a dance for thought.

Biography

Zab Maboungou is the founder of the renowned Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata. She is a performing and choreographic artist, and a philosophy professor who has distinguished herself on all artistic and cultural action fronts. Zab Maboungou is viewed as a dance pioneer in Canada. A unique itinerary reflecting the aesthetic with great poetic power.