Back to Kidal in Landschaftspark: Dance epic touches Duisburg
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A dance epic between memory, resistance, and hope
With Back to Kidal, Serge Aimé Coulibaly brings a powerful stage experience to the foundry hall in Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord at Ruhrtriennale 2026. The work unfolds as a collective journey through history, body, and sound: blues, live music, text, and video come together to create a powerful theatrical atmosphere that does not explain but makes palpable.
When the body carries history
The production tells of freedom, self-determination, and the wounds of colonial violence. Coulibaly does not shape this into a distant lesson, but into a modern epic, where movement becomes language. The choreography works with density, rhythm, and quiet breaks; from this arises a tension that immediately captivates the audience. Particularly, the closeness between performers and spectators shapes the evening: a part of the audience sits on stage, in the midst of the action, close to breath, gaze, and music.
Blues as musical memory
The blues appears here as a historical archive of resistance. Patrick Kabré anchors the evening with his warm voice between Sahel, tradition, and present, while Yvan Talbot weaves the musical lines into a shimmering, vibrant fabric. Also featured are the spoken texts by Koulsy Lamko and the voice of Odile Sankara. Thus, a form of physical theater emerges that touches with its sound as well as its political clarity.
Industrial architecture as a resonance space
The foundry hall in Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord enhances the impression of this evening with its rough, industrial aura. The high hall volume, the open spatial effect, and the special closeness to the stage create a concentrated theater experience. Those who enter this terrain experience not only a performance but a place where history, present, and artistic urgency converge.
Why this evening resonates
Back to Kidal promises an intense stage experience for all who seek dance theater with conviction, musical power, and visual strength. This production combines artistic precision with emotional impact and invites the audience to not only think about freedom but to feel it in space. Those wanting to experience strong contemporary art live should secure this date in Duisburg.
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