MANY COLOURS/MANY MELO
Textile design project which seeks to explore, rethink and redefine ideas of the developed countries about Africa, and African ideas about its own traditional, overlooked and forgotten fabrics, patterns, concepts, as well as about the “developed world”.
Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), December 2023
Creator and visual artist: Ixone Ormaetxe (Basque Country, Spain)
Assistant: Ibon Goya (Basque Country, Spain)
Production: Exodos Ljubljana
Producer: Nataša Zavolovšek
Interpreter: Inti Šraj
Coordinator: Djibril Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Local partners: Tamadia; Taba Taba Artistic Centre; Le royaume de pailotte/Humanitas Slovénie (Burkina Faso)
Special thanks to: Mrs. Adiarra Traoere
MY STORY/DANCE
Movement and body awareness are basic skills for both football and art. The exceptional physical skills needed in both fields were polished, self-confidence and self-expression were linked.
The created performance was presented within the In and Out Festival, Bobo Dioulasso, December 2023.
Dance mentors: Raymond Siopathis (France/Central Africa), Tauwindsida Nebie Adonis (Burkina Faso)
With the Badenya football team (Burkina Faso): Dango Wilfried, Koné Mohamed, Touré Abdoubacar, Coulibaly Karim, Fofana Abdoulaye, Yameogo Mamadou, Barro Yassir, Dembele Ousmane, Tiendrebeogo Rahim, Traore Eric, Ouedraogo Mouhamed, Ouedraogo Dada, Traore Nabi, Abdoul Dankanbou, Blati Touré.
Coaches: Keita Alou, Ouattara Abdoul and Ouedraogo Ali
Production: Exodos Ljubljana
Producer: Nataša Zavolovšek
Interpreter, assistant: Inti Šraj
Coordinator: Djibril Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Partners: Exodos Ljubljana (Slovenia), Tamadia (Burkina Faso), DK-BEL (France)
Supported by: UEFA Foundation for Children, Play with Us foundation, The Creative Programof the European Union
