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‘INTROO”’ by Pak Ndjamena @ Franco
2:19 CAT | 8 September 2023
‘INTROO”’ by Pak Ndjamena @ Franco
Pak Ndjamena on Wednesday (September 13) will presen t'NTROO' in Maputo, a performance where the choreographer is accompanied by Ivan Barros (video) and Fu da Siderurgia (sound), , as part in the 4th edition of the Gala-Gala Festival.
'INTROO is an invitation to look into life's most profound experiences. "What is the spatial location of the body? How connected or disconnected are we with life as a whole?", the programme notes ask.
The performance is on Wednesday, September 13th, at 6:30 pm, in the Sala Grande do Franco-Moçambicano.
Tickets: 350 MZM (250 MZM for Cultural Club, students and children under 12).
Support: European Union in Mozambique.
Bernardo “Pak Ndjamena” Guiamba
Bernardo Guiamba, who goes by the artist name Pak Ndjamena, began his career as a dancer in the Escola Nacional de Dança. He is strongly influenced by the traditional dances of groups Tsemba and Ussoforal.
Since 1996, he has participated as a performer and choreographer in numerous festivals and projects in Mozambique, and other African and European countries. As a dancer, he has worked with Augusto Cuvilas, Culturarte and O Rumo do Fumo.
His projects include ‘De Porto em Porto’ in 2015 in Portugal, and during the Cape Town Art Week 2016, he was part of the live architecture project ‘Influx’ with visual artist Gerald Machona.
In 2017, he performed the pieces ‘Dentro Mim Uma Ilha’ by Panaiba Canda and ‘Influx’ at the KINANI Festival and Pak collaborated on the 2M project as a choreographer and interpreter (Mozambique and Madagascar), with the dancer Judith Olivia for the KINANI Festival in 2019.
Pak also creates video performance works, and teaches contemporary dance to amateurs and semi-professional dancers.
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