{"id":54719,"date":"2026-10-13T14:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/dance-performance-le-combat-des-lianes-by-zora-snake-november-26-and-27-2026-800-p-m-at-the-depot-in-cologne-muelheim\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:35:34","slug":"dance-performance-le-combat-des-lianes-by-zora-snake-november-26-and-27-2026-800-p-m-at-the-depot-in-cologne-muelheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/dance-performance-le-combat-des-lianes-by-zora-snake-november-26-and-27-2026-800-p-m-at-the-depot-in-cologne-muelheim\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance performance *Le Combat des Lianes* by Zora Snake, November 26 and 27, 2026, 8:00 p.m. at the Depot in Cologne-M\u00fclheim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vines wind their way crisscross through the rainforest\u2014powerful, resilient, and always in motion. For his choreography, choreographer and dancer Zora Snake drew inspiration from the mighty vines of Cameroon\u2019s forests. Like a living organism, the dance piece grows and winds its way across the stage. In the process, the struggle of the vines becomes a metaphor for the struggle for our shared future: for a conscious approach to our natural heritage, against the exploitation of nature, and against an unjust capitalist world order.<br\/>Music and movement merge into a powerful expression of resistance and solidarity\u2014loud, intense, and unstoppable. The dancers\u2019 bodies become mouthpieces for solidarity and renewal.<br\/>Following his production \u201cOp\u00e9ra du villageois\u201d (2023) and the performative city tour \u201cDecolonize the Streets\u201d (2025), Zora Snake returns to Cologne with \u201cCombat des lianes.\u201d The piece opened the Biennale de la Danse en Afrique in April 2026 and has already been celebrated with standing ovations in Brussels.<br\/>\u201cYou can hear a pin drop; attention is at its peak, as are questioning and reflection.\u201d (Inferno-Magazine.de)     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CHOREOGRAPHY Zora <\/strong>Snake<strong> PERFORMANCE<\/strong> Zora Snake, Joy Alpuerto Ritter, Jessica Chiye Warshal, Zadi Landry Kipre, Gandir Prudence <strong>LIVE MUSIC<\/strong> Christiane Prince, Rokia Bamba SET DESIGN Jean Michel Dissake <strong>COSTUMES<\/strong> Lamyne M<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.depot.koeln\/de\/produktionen\/26-27\/combat-des-lianes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>\u2028An event presented by africologneFESTIVAL in cooperation with Depot K\u00f6ln.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Combat-des-lianes_Zora-Snake@Marin-Driguez_02b.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54692\" style=\"width:765px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Combat-des-lianes_Zora-Snake@Marin-Driguez_02b.webp 567w, https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Combat-des-lianes_Zora-Snake@Marin-Driguez_02b-480x320.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 567px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PRODUCTION: Th\u00e9\u00e2tre <\/strong>National Wallonie-Bruxelles. <strong>COPRODUCTION africologneFESTIVAL <\/strong>\u2014 supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Charleroi Danse, Riksteatern Stockholm, South North Foundation, Julidans Amsterdam, One Dance Festival Plovdiv, Theater Freiburg, Man\u00e8ge Maubeuge, and with support from the Institut Fran\u00e7ais Cameroon.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mkw_kultur_und_wissenschaft_farbig_rgb_LOGO_3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mkw_kultur_und_wissenschaft_farbig_rgb_LOGO_3.webp 850w, https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mkw_kultur_und_wissenschaft_farbig_rgb_LOGO_3-480x95.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 850px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vines wind their way crisscross through the rainforest\u2014powerful, resilient, and always in motion. For his choreography, choreographer and dancer Zora Snake drew inspiration from the mighty vines of Cameroon\u2019s forests. Like a living organism, the dance piece grows and winds its way across the stage. 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