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Dance as Resistance

2011 – 2015

Dance as Resistance

Born from urgency, these early works situate the body as a site of defiance and presence. Working across performance, video series, and community-based projects, this phase is marked by raw energy and political grounding, exploring the complexities of identities shaped by being born far from ancestral roots - where familiar reference points are often missing, and belonging must be reimagined.

Works:

  • Exile

  • Sous-Sides

  • Lendrema

  • Move Hope Project

Exile

Artistic collaboration with Teresa Mai  ( Sangeeta Kaur) & Ferenz Kallos

Gwen Rakotovao standing at the front of the stage holding a French flag, with singer Sangeeta Kaur in the background
Divers: Project

Sous-sides

Music: Eyal Maoz. 

Two dancers on stage, one reaching backward with expressive movement, the other partially visible in the frame

Lendrema

Music: Bekoto Paysan ( Mahaleo)

Two dancers standing in a red costume, performing the choreography Lendrema by Gwen Rakotovao

Move Hope Projects

Dance series project directed by Gwen Rakotovao for Movement for hope.

Collaboration with dancers: Annabelle Kabemba, Mailé Ho, Georgey Souchette, Fanny Gombert, Alain Lauture 'Hurrikane', Nubian Nene, Stephen Christopher Contreras, Yuki Fukui, Peeps Moon. Musics: Adrian Rack, Ferenz Kallos. 

Contemporary dancer performing outdoors by the Hudson River, with urban and natural elements in the background

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