“I change in exchange with the other without losing or distorting myself.” Édouard Glissant
Etienne Minoungou is on a quest. He wants to understand the state of the world – and change it. After Aimée Césaire and Sony Labou Tansi, the artist now explores Édouard Glissant’s vision together with the author Felwine Sarr.
In order to avoid the deep insecurity that is triggered in us by the unspeakable surprises in the world, the philosopher Glissant advocated a world view of unpredictability. He called it the creolization of the world, whose secret lies in its own change, but in which one nevertheless remains authentic with oneself and credible. On the issue of migration, which is currently overflowing in Europe, he stated many years ago: “The stages of empire are not hospitable… Borders designed to keep immigrants out are the worst.” (from Philosophie der Weltbeziehung – Poesie der Weite, Wunderhorn Verlag 2021)
Minoungou chose to engage in a dialog and encounter with the audience in order to revisit the works and utopian ideas of Édouard Glissant in light of current world events. Through his direct way of playing and supported by the musical interventions, we are individually addressed and ‘meant’. Between musical oratorio and political stand-up, ‘moving thoughts1‘ are constructed that we cannot escape and that have a long-lasting effect.
Édouard Glissant (*1928 in Bézaudin, Martinique; † 2011 in Paris) was a French writer and philosopher. The author of the French-speaking Caribbean was one of the intellectual pioneers of post-colonial theories of identity and culture.
Le tremblement du monde is the new theater work by Étienne Minoungou, one of the defining personalities of Burkinabe theater.
CONCEPT, DIRECTION, SCENOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE Etienne Minoungou | LIVE MUSIC Katrine Suwalski and Simon Winsé | OUTSIDE EYE Aristide Tarnagda | ASSISTANCE Léa Marie | DRAMATURGICAL ADAPTION Etienne Minoungou, Aristide Tarnagda, Felwine Sarr | MUSICAL DESIGN Simon Winsé | LIGHT DESIGN Nicolas Oubraham | DIRECTOR Rémy Brans | TRANSLATION Beate Thill | PRODUCTION Compagnie Falinga, Ventdebout Asbl | CO-PRODUCTION Théâtre de Liège, Théâtre Le Public, Théâtre de Namur | SUPPORT Institut Français (Paris) and CITF
- A figure of thought that dances around its subject, creates views in all directions and does not march rigidly towards it and try to pin it down one-dimensionally. ↩︎