“To speak of today’s world and its violence, which reverberates across current and future generations. To revive witches in the process of healing, resistance, solidarity, response, shock, and soothing in the face of the brutality of this world.”
Zora Snake invites a group of women to perform alongside him: a workshop-based encounter that aligns with the choreographer and performer’s research on the power of female bodies in public space. In the cosmologies of the Bamiléké peoples in western Cameroon, the female body symbolizes infinite energy, fundamentally linked to all species. Womanhood, in a broad sense, serves as the foundational link between the visible and the invisible, the nucleus of a world connecting the cosmic forces of the universe to its eight billion neighbors.
Zora Snake (CM)
The performer draws inspiration from the power of grandmothers in his native village, where he was raised by his mother, to reclaim the street and urban spaces as crossroads where the living converge. Shedding skin, for him, is a ritual to navigate through the deadly ideologies of our time and to articulate the political, intertwine the ties that unite us, and transform space through performative gestures that reveal. Bodies are staged, painted red, armed with flowers, whistles, and boxing gloves, in a transgressive artistic action aligned with contemporary political struggles and resistance movements.
This performance also resonates with the imagined body of the feminine, echoing the story of the choreographer’s mother, as he himself states: “It is my mother who leads the workshop, not me.” A few words as manifestos, gestures, and moving bodies, drawing from the life experiences of the participants in this turbulent and dazzling world, to “make a common fist.”
Zora Snake (he, him), choreographer, performer, and artistic creator, was born in Cameroon. Originally a hip-hop dancer, he founded his company in 2013 and, in 2017, the international festival MODAPERF – for Mouvements, Dances, and Performances. In 2021, following the festival’s momentum, he created Espace-Labo, a space for artistic encounters and exchanges. Commitment is the primary material of his works (Beyond the Human, I Am, Transfrontalier, The Departure, The Scars of Colonization, The Masks Fall…) and remains a constant subject of reflection. The artist also participates in conferences and seminars, leads workshops, and continues to develop his artistic vocabulary. He will be in residence for his new choreographic creation, Combat des lianes, at the National Theatre in 2025-2026.
Infos
| DATE | CONTENU |
|---|---|
| 2025/04/191100 |
19.04.2025 11:00 Dans l'espace public, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode |
In the public space, free access.
Starting point: Amazone – Arrival: Place Saint-Josse.
Workshops & performance | Registrations
Co-produced with Charleroi danse. In collaboration with Amazone, Wiegwijs, Femma, and La Maison des Femmes de Schaerbeek. As part of “The artists Modaperf/Cameroon at the Trouble Festival/Brussels.” Special thanks to the Municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
