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Kettly noel biography

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Many people will have a strong image of Kettly Noël without being able to place her. In 2014, the artist played the character of crazy Zabou in Timbuktu, the film by Abderrahmane Sissako. Zabou the voodoo poetess. Zabou, wearing makeup, without a headscarf, continuing to walk about the deserted town fallen into jihadists’ hands. Can Kettly Noël be discerned in Zabou? Sumptuous garments made from three ragged pieces of cloth. Eyes rolled upward toward an enigmatic interiority. An incisive gaze focused on otherness. Tiny body, suspended, hieratic, capable of fending off, along its way, a pickup truck loaded with men bearing weapons. Zabou: a crazy female artist’s folly, more powerful than all the lunacy of men.

An actress in front of Sissako’s camera, Kettly Noël is better known as a choreographer and contemporary dancer. She was attracted to dance early in her youth in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince, where she was born in 1968. Visitors to documenta 14 will perceive the zombies of voodoo culture in the movement Kettly Noël directs at them, as well as nonfolkloric figures responsible for

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Kettly Noël (born in Port-au-Prince in 1966) is a Haitian dancer, choreographer and actress. Her first choreographed piece, Nanlakou, premiered in 1995. Tichèlbe (2002) won both the Rencontres chorégraphiques d’Afrique et d’océan Indien and RFI Danse prizes. She's the founder and artistic director of the Donko Senko dance studio, Dense Bamako Danse festival, both in Mali, and the Port-au-Prince Art Performance (PAPAP) festival in Haiti. Noël was also noted for her performance in the role of Zabou in Abderrahmane Sissako's 2014 film Timbuktu.

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  • كيتلي نويل (بالفرنسية: Kettly Noël)‏ (مواليد 1966 في بورت أو برانس)، هي مُمثلة وراقصة هايتية. (ar)
  • Kettly Noël (* 1968 in Port-au-Prince) ist eine haitianische Tänzerin, Choreografin und Schauspielerin. (de)
  • Kettly Noël (born in Port-au-Prince in 1966) is a Haitian dancer, choreographer and actress. Her first choreographed piece, Nanlakou, premiered in 1995. Tichèlbe (2002) won both the Rencontres chorégraphiques d’Afrique et d’océan Indien and RFI Danse prizes. She's the founder
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    Kettly Noël (Festival d'Avignon 2017)


    A Haitian-born and Bamako-based dancer, choreographer and actress, Kettly Noël is the director of the Festival Dense Bamako Danse and of the cultural centre Donko Seko, a space for training, choreographic creation, and for the development of contemporary dance as a tool for socialization in Mali. She is currently developing various projects, from group pieces to installations (Documenta Kassel, July 2017).

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    July 9-15th, 2017
    Festival d’Avignon – Théâtre Benoît XII

    A woman tries to find balance between her two personalities. A man enters, seemingly determined: what does he want, and will he let himself be caught up in her problems? A constant game then begins between the protagonists, that brings them closer together, sometimes in surreal ways.

    Choreography, stage design, costumes Kettly Noël
    Music Louise and Patrick Marty
    Lighting Samuel Dosière
    With Ibrahima Camara, Oumaïna Manaï

    Production Donko Seko – Création 2002
    Coproduction Festival du théâtre des réalités
    With the support of the Fr

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