“When I am dancing sometimes, I set my choreography and always something new can come during my performance. It’s not because I want to improvise because the spirit of my ancestors come onstage and take my body. “
Souleymane
“So I think that origin story of my mother’s became a driving dream for me or a driving force in my life. And I knew going into these predominantly white spaces as a young girl of color, I knew what that meant.”
Francesa
Soluleymane Badolo
Dancer
Souleymane Badolo is a Brooklyn-based dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Burkina Faso–based troupe Kongo Ba Téria, which fuses traditional African dance with Western contemporary dance. A native of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Badolo began his professional career with the African dance company DAMA. He has also performed with...
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Artistic Director
Francesca Harper is an internationally acclaimed multi-faceted artist After being named Presidential Scholar in the Arts and performing at the White House Harper joined and performed soloist roles with The Dance Theater of Harlem and later as a Principal Artist in William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt. Harper has choreographed for The...
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