Utrecht | Theater de Kikker
Tue 7 October, 19h00

Amsterdam | Frascatie
Thu 9 October, 22h00

Rotterdam | FENIX Museum
Sun 12 October, ??h??

Violence, emancipation, pain and self-empowerment highlight the reality of being black in today’s world. In Black, Ivorian choreographer and dancer Oulouy embodies the struggle for recognition, equality and respect of black people. According to him, these concepts are stored as memories in his own body, which he uses to confront and move. He does this with several major urban streetdance styles of Africa and the African diaspora in the USA: Coupé-Décalé, Azonto, Ndomboló, Afrohouse and Krump, supported with appropriate music. With all these styles, he depicts the history of the freedom movement.
In his varied performance, he regularly refers to important and recent events such as the #blacklivesmatter movement. In doing so, he creates unrest and discomfort, but also the potential to influence the world. In short: an empowering performance about overcoming injustice, oppression and discrimination.

About the creator and performer
Born in the Ivory Coast and based in Spain, Oulouy has previously performed in venues such as Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York, Bluma Appel in Toronto and the Fabrik Potsdam in Germany. He is known not only as a choreographer, dancer and artistic director. His master classes are sold out within hours worldwide. With Black, he has been selected as an Aerowaves25 Artist for the Spring Forward Festival.