Koffi Kôkô, familiar with African dance in his home country Benin from childhood on, focuses on the student‘s relation to her/his own body and the symbolism of the gestures used in African dances. Repetition of the dances in harmony with the music will allow the participants to actually experience the dance.
The dancer, choreographer and Vodoun priest Koffi Kôkô has been known as one of the initiators and most prominent representatives of the modern African dance scene. He works and lives in Benin and France. In the meeting with the Western world, Kôkô initiated a process in which his ritual experience united with a differentiated body language and which relates to techniques and expressions of modern dance and contemporary theatre.
Koffi Kôkô
