failles (OQT)
Over Alphonse Eklou Uwantege
Queer Sagittarius, born in Minsk (Belarus) to a Rwandan mother and a Togolese father, Alphonse Eklou Uwantege is a director and performer working between Brussels, Antwerp, Paris and Kigali. Before theatre and choreography, there were the Scouts, architecture, modelling, five...
Ghana, Togo, Rwanda, Belarus, Belgium.
Ashanti, Éwé, Kinyarwanda, Russian, French.
In 2003, a letter lands on two names: Daniel, forty years old, and Alphonse, six. Order to leave the territory (OQT). Twenty years later, my father is Belgian and I am not. That’s where the cracks begin.
Between sugar and salt, there is a line.
Who gets to cross?
The cracks of failles (OQT) come from the remains of restes (offrande au million), from a colonial past but also from a colonial present.
BY: ALPHONSE EKLOU UWANTEGE // CREATED WITH: KOFFI LOGOSSOU DANIEL EKLOU, ALICE JUMELLE, MUYCO ARNAUD ICYOGERE, MARIANA BLANC MOYA, VICTOIRE KARERA KAMPIRE, KÉNIA RAPHAËL, GODWIN AGOSSAH, KRYSTEL KHOURY, SABINE CMELNISKI, NOÉ GROSS, DELPHINE GABORIT // COPRODUCTION: THÉÂTRE DE LA VIE // SUPPORT: LA BELLONE, WORKSPACE BRUSSELS, METARAGE (GARAGE 29), MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM, L’ESPACE (KIGALI), RESIDENCIA ANACONA (SALVADOR, BRAZIL), ILES – ARTIST PROJECT // PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION: ANAKU, HABEMUS PAPAM // WITH THE SUPPORT OF: FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES, SERVICE GÉNÉRAL DE LA CRÉATION ARTISTIQUE – SERVICE DE LA DANSE
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About specifications Alphonse Eklou Uwantege
Queer Sagittarius, born in Minsk (Belarus) to a Rwandan mother and a Togolese father, Alphonse Eklou Uwantege is a director and performer working between Brussels, Antwerp, Paris and Kigali. Before theatre and choreography, there were the Scouts, architecture, modelling, five...
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