A practical workshop for professionals exploring urban and traditional African dances. Mark-Wilfried Kouadio will guide you in how to work within a space, composing and decomposing movement with intentionality. Participants will be led through some of [Superstrat[‘s choreographic elements and some of the topics covered in the performance. Mark-Wilfried will discuss his career path, African traditional and urban dance styles and cultural heritage.
Please dress comfortably and bring your water bottle.
Mark-Wilfried Kouadio, aka ‘Willy Kazzama’, is an Ivorian dancer and performer born in Ivory Coast. He founded the Real Boy’s Dance Company, which won the prize for the best Ivorian Urban Dance Company in 2021. He has worked with multiple traditional and urban dance companies. He joined the distribution of Matière(s) première(s), and Behind the Line of the Anne Nguyen / par Terre Dance Company with whom he created the [Superstrat[ solo show in 2025. This solo show explores the relationship between the ancestral roots of dance and music and the inheritance of the Afro-American diaspora. It invites us to examine our relationship to cultures coming from immigration and to explore different possible harmonies between tradition and modernity.
Venue | Galway Dance Studio, Unit 26, Terryland House