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30r364 boek.qxd:awards book 11 - Prince Claus Fund

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Sacre du TempoThe <strong>Prince</strong> <strong>Claus</strong> <strong>Fund</strong> has supported dance workshops in BurkinaFaso organised by La Compagnie Irene Tassembedo in the productionof an original performance of Tassembedo’s work Sacre du Tempo.The dance begins when a sacred stool is stolen from a village. With theloss of their protective totem, the villagers lose their certainty, becomedisoriented, afraid and even go mad. The piece examines dis/equilibrium,folly, belief and body-mind parallels. The dancers respond to the complex,repetitive, intertwining rhythms of five percussionists whose temposwork powerfully on the body, transporting the villagers, representedby the dancers, into a state of trance, a modified consciousness thatfacilitates introspection. Choreographer Irene Tassembedo is renownedfor the high quality and trans-cultural nature of her dance pieces whichcombine traditional forms with contemporary elements. This worktouches on the <strong>Prince</strong> <strong>Claus</strong> theme of Living Together.Sacredu Tempo127Culture and the Human Body

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