Dance as Memory
2015 – 2020
Dance as Memory
A period grounded in embodied remembrance—this phase explores love, initiation, and lineage. Dance becomes a vessel to carry personal and collective memory, often in relation to migration and healing.
Works:
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Fitiavana
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Initiation
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L’amour. La liberté
Fitiavana
Music: Môta Soa
"With a presence both confident and gentle, Gwen Rakotovao moves with grace, her arms unfolding with effortless precision. Petite but quietly powerful, she naturally commands attention."
Muriel Maalouf, RFI
INITIATION
Music: Tenth Intervention, Môta Soa
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"It was a miracle to witness this abstract poetry, lasting forty-five minutes. The captivated audience finally stopped its turbulence. We can count on Gwen."
Gérard Mayen, Danser canal historique
L'amour. La liberté.
Music: Leeds College of Music initiated by Anastasia Belina. Piano: Gavin Doyle, Victor Gutierrez, Daniel Johnson, Joshua Kelly, Beth Temperley; sound ingenior: Toby Wiltshire, Tom Orrell.
