About BLACK
BLACK is a reflection on the violence and emancipation of blackness in today’s world, through a body that challenges and disturbs, a body that is both wounded and celebrated. Using a set devoid of artifice and brimming with symbolism, choreographer  and performer Oulouy hints at recent history such as the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the murder of George Floyd to rethink the Black African body in the Western world.

BLACK is a dance, a visual and musical chronicle,  narrated through street dance styles of the African continent and its diaspora in the USA, such as Coupé-Décalé, Ndomboló, Afrohouse or Krump.

After the performance there will be a Spoken Word sharing by Sunni Lamin Barrow where they reflect on the theme of the performance with their own work.

Content Note.
This performance includes a segment showcasing the murder of George Floyd, including audio and visual material of police violence and racial injustice. This content may be triggering, particularly for Black audience members and those affected by police violence.

Biography maker
Born on the Ivory Coast and based in Spain, Oulouy combines his role as choreographer, dancer and artistic director with teaching masterclasses worldwide. His first work ‘Black’ (2020) is a reflection on violence and the emancipation of black bodies in contemporary societies. Accompanied on stage by his international crew of Supa Rich Kids, ‘Afrikan Party’ (2022) is a futuristic ode to Africa. And his most recent work is ‘Kong’ (2024). His stage works have been presented internationally in venues such as Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York, Bluma Appel in Toronto, Fabrik Potsdam in Germany, Dansens Hus Oslo, Mercat de les Flors, Teatro Principal de Palma, Journées Théâtrales de Carthage, Suzanne Dellal Centre, Dampfzentrale, among others.

BLACK was selected for the Danza a Escena 2024 catalogue to tour within Spain –Oulouy actually one of the first choreographers to present their work within this network. ‘Afrikan Party’ received the Best Choreography award  of the Catalan Performing Arts Critics Awards (2023), and this work die binnen dit netwerk te zien zijn. Afrikan Party won de prijs voor Beste Choreografie bij de Catalan Performing Arts Critics Awards (2023) en is opgenomen in het choreografisch archief van de New York Public Library.

Oulouy is also the founder and curator of the Oyofe Festival, which celebrates street dance. This year, Oulouy was selected as an Aerowaves25 Artist with BLACK.

Biography Spoken Word artist 

Sunni Lamin Barrow (b. 1998) is a multi-award-winning pluridisciplinary artist from The Gambia, now based in the Netherlands. His work speaks directly to the heart, through poems and performances that explore identity, belonging, and the resilience of the human spirit to live fully and truthfully. Through themes of love, loss, grace, grief, kinship, and displacement particularly within the experiences of Blackness and queerness, Sunni offers stories that feel both deeply personal and widely relatable. His words create space for the quiet moments we often carry alone, and the shared questions of who we are, where we come from, and what has shaped us. Sunni’s practice moves fluidly across genres but always returns to the voice as a tool for memory, connection, transformation, and the ever-evolving nature of selfhood

Credits:
Choreography and performance: Oulouy
Produced and distributed: by Africa Moment
Duration: 30 minutes