EANT FESTIVAL /AMIZERO Kompagnie
An East African Creative Platform
Amizero Kompagnie
Creations
Amizero Kompagnie is the first professional contemporary dance company in Rwanda. Created by the University Centre for Arts and Drama of the National University of Rwanda (NR), the company has since then developed its own autonomy with different partnerships in the region and with international structures. Winner of the silver medal at the 6th Jeux de la Francophonie in Lebanon, the company keeps developing its repertoire consistently with more than 10 dance and theatre plays created and showcased up today.
Amizero Kompagnie, whilst looking for new opportunities to grow, keeps questioning their work, adapting to the changes, movements and challenges raising in today’s society.
Repertoire
Des Espoirs 2005
Baho 2008
Différences 2009
Frontières 2012
The Fire Fighter 2013
Run run run 2014
Radio Play 2015
Skin 2015
Ibeiji 2016
East African Bolero 2017
The little Invisible Things 2021
A digital Mixt work
"Learning Feminism from Rwanda" (a collaboration with Flinn Works
7-11 November 2022 /Mainz
11-17 January 2023/Schlachthaus Theatre- BERNE
A biographical performance about gender equality and women empowerment, looking at the realities of Rwanda compared to the German situation. The project involves Rwandan on digital space and German artists performing live a
The Play has been performing since December 2020 Mainly in Germany and Switzerland
ON TOUR
The East African Bolero
East African Tour/ Bukavu-Bujumbura-Dar Es Salam-Kampala- Kigali 28/08-09/09/2023
Afro Vibes Festival: 4-15/10/2023
Bordeaux and Orlean Jan 2024
Created and inspired by the original composition of Ravel's Bolero, the East African Boléro stages the mythological story of the first men's creation and birth. Wesley Ruzibiza alongside Vincent Harisdo worked with 8 dancers from the East African region (RDC, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania) to develop a contemporary language inspired by the classical vocabulary of the region, bridging traditional dances with contemporary dance during a 45 min show.
