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Compagnie Jant-Bi.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-MAY-04
Format: Online - approximately 559 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Compagnie Jant-Bi.(Dance Review)

Article Excerpt
COMPAGNIE JANT-BI WORLD THEATER CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY FEBRUARY 3, 2004 Reviewed by Rita Felciano

Inspired by a fictionalized account of the genocide in Rwanda, Boubacar Bori Diop's Murambi, The Book of Bones, and interviews with survivors, Germaine Acogny, artistic director of the Senegal-based Compagnie Jant-Bi, and Japanese Butoch choreographer Kota Yamazaki did what seems impossible. They shone a light on one of the most horrific crimes of the late twentieth century and created beauty, out of it. Fagaala, which means "genocide"...



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