Artistic direction: Modou Fata Touré
Direction: Jérôme Cury
Choreography: Sabine Mendy
Performers: Mamadou Aidara, Mame Alioune Badara Sall, Ibrahima Camara, Sabine Mendy, Malick Soumah, Modou Fata Touré
Lighting design: Claudia Erbland
Original music: Jérôme Cury
Set design and apparatus conception: Modou Fata Touré
Sound engineering and mixing: Tom Cury
Production - Administration - Touring: Laura Petit
Executive production (2021-2023): Collectif Clowns d’Ailleurs et d’Ici

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MAN FAN LAA - meaning “Where am I?” in Wolof - is the question raised by six young Senegalese brothers. It is a call of hope toward a better future or an exploration of how Senegalese youth project themselves toward a fairer future, despite the harsh realities of everyday life. It evokes the pain of separation from loved ones, the uprooting involved in leaving the land of origin, as well as the courage and pride of experiencing freedom.

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Between introspection and encounters with others, the performers draw on their cultural heritage in an attempt to find answers to their questions. By returning to the core of their personal and collective histories, they transform everyday objects into multiple circus apparatuses (basins, rice bags, etc.), diving deep into their roots and sometimes reaching a state close to trance.

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Co-productions and residencies
Scène Nationale de l’Essonne Agora-Desnos; Cirque Électrique (Paris); Nil Obstrat / Nil Admirari; Cie Vis Comica; Cherche-Trouve Circus School; Grand Théâtre National de Dakar

 

With the support of
Île-de-France Region; City of Paris; City of Pantin; International Organisation of La Francophonie, with the support of SACD Stage Music Fund; Spedidam; ADAMI; Institut Français Paris; Institut Français Senegal; Sham Spectacles; Zwazo Association; Cie Les Mélangeurs