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Germaine Acogny

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Germaine Acogny
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenSenegal, France Edit
Name wey dem give amGermaine Edit
Family nameAcogny Edit
Ein date of birth28 May 1944 Edit
Place dem born amPorto-Novo Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signFrench Edit
Ein occupationchoreographer, pedagogue Edit
Work locationToubab Dialaw, Paris Edit
Work period (start)1968 Edit
Notable workÉcole des Sables Edit
Award e receiveKnight of the National Order of the Lion, Knight of the National Order of Merit, Officer of Arts and Letters, Bessie Award Edit
Documentation files atSAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts Edit

Germaine Acogny (born 1944) be a Senegalese dancer den choreographer. She be responsible for developing "African Dance", as well as de creation of chaw dance schools insyd both France den Senegal. Na dem decorate am by both countries, wey dey include she be an Officer of de Ordre des Arts et des Lettres insyd France, den a Knight of de National Order of the Lion.

Early life

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Dem born am insyd Benin insyd 1944 to a Senegalese civil servant, na Germaine Acogny sanso be a descendant of de Yoruba people thru ein grandmommie. Wen na she dey 10, de family move go Dakar, Senegal, wer na she spend de remainder of ein kiddie time. After she show a natural ability insyd dancing, she decide make she pursue dis as a career, wey she move go France insyd de 1960s ,ake she study modern dance den ballet for de École Simon-Siégel insyd Paris.[1][2]

Dance career

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Upon ein return to Senegal, she begin dey teach dance locally, both privately den as part of de local secondary education system. During dis period she develope a new style, wich she go later call de "African dance". After she choreograph dance to de poem Femme Noir, Femme Nu, she cam to de attention of de author - Presido Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal. After he realise na dem get similar aspirations for African identity den culture, he send am make she work plus choreographer Maurice Béjart insyd Brussels, Belgium. Plus de assistance of Senghor den Béjart, she found Mudra Afrique, a school of dance insyd 1977.[1][3]

For February 17, 2021, she receive de Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by de Venice Dance Biennale.[4]

Awards

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  • Chevalier of the Order of Merit (France)[5][6]
  • Officer of de Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France)[5][6]
  • Chavalier of de Legion of Honour (France)[6]
  • Knight of de National Order of the Lion (Senegal)[5]
  • Officier et Commandeur des Arts et Lettres (Senegal)[6]
  • "PioneerWoman" by de Senegalese Ministry of the Family and the National Solidarity (1999)[6]
  • Bessie Award, jointly plus de Japanese Kota Yamazaki for de choreography Fagaala (New York, 2007)[6]
  • Bessie Award for performance in the solo Mon élue noire-sacre # 2 (New York, 2018)[6]
  • Award for Lifetime achievement insyd de field of choreography, movement and dance from de Cairo International Festival for Experimental and Contemporary Theatre (2018)[6]
  • ECOWAS Excellence Award in the category Arts and Letters (2019)[6]
  • Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2004)[7]
  • Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the Venice Dance Biennale (2021).[6]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Akyeampong & Gates 2012, p. 86.
  2. ↑ Kemp-Habib, Alice (2024-02-14). "'She's the mother of African dance': the Senegal sensation who shook the world". The Guardian (in British English). ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Germaine Acogny". Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Biennale Danza 2021 | Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement". La Biennale di Venezia (in English). 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Akyeampong & Gates 2012, p. 87.
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 "Biennale Danza 2021 | Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement". La Biennale di Venezia. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  7. ↑ "Germaine Acogny :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts". www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

Sources

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  • Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 6. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195382-075.
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