KAHWA Meeting in Abidjan

KAHWA COMES BACK FOR A 3RD EDITION IN ABIDJAN

The next KAHWA Meeting will be held in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) from March 6 to 9, 2020, in partnership with and in the frame of RICA– Intercultural Circus Encounters and MASA – Abidjan Performing Arts Market. 

• RICA (Rencontres Interculturelles du Cirque d’Abidjan) 

The Intercultural Meetings of Abidjan Circus is the first circus festival of Ivory Coast. It puts its population at the heart of artistic creation and create a unique moment of exchange and sharing to bridge people and cultures. Founded by La Fabrique Culturelle in partnership with l’Institut Français d’Abidjan. 

 

• MASA (Marché des Arts du Spectacle d’Abidjan) 

The MASA (Abidjan Market for Performing Arts) is a cultural platform for promoting African Performing Arts. Its main objectives are: to support creativity and good quality productions, to facilitate the movement of artists and their works within Africa and throughout the world and to train artists and key professionals in the production field.

 

 

For more info on MASA

If you are interested, please contact: laura.jude@artcena.fr

PRE-PROGRAMME [TO BE CONFIRMED]

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

[Optional]

18:30-19:30: Company Zolobe (Institut français) / RICA

20:00-22:00: Monboye (Institut français) / RICA

22:00: Dinner

23:00: Transfer to the hotel 

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

09:00-09:30: Arrival of participants (tea + coffee)

09:30-09:45: Presentation of the state of the circus and street art in Africa

09:45-10:00: Presentation of the mutation of circadian creation in Europe

10:00-10:15: Artistic interlude: traditional group from Benin

10:15-12:15: Workgroups - Participation to the professional meetings in the frame of the RICA (la Fabrique Culturelle) 

4 Topics: 

• Links and sources between traditional practices and contemporary circus
• What circus apparatus to invent and maintain in Africa
• What distribution on the continent?
•  How to create new audiences?

 

12:15-12:30: Artistic interlude: Traditional group from Gabon. 

12:30-13:30: Lunch (Institut français with artists) 

13:30-14:30: Group summaries

14:30-14:45: Artistic interlude: traditional group from Niger

14:45 - 15:45: Plenary session

15:45-16:00: Artistic interlude: traditional group from Ivory Coast 

16:00-18:30: Free time

18:30-19:30: Ino Kollektiv (Institut français) / RICA

20:00-22:00: Zip zap show (Institut français) / RICA

22:00: Dinner 

23:00: Transfer to the hotel

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

09:00-11:00: Meeting about the project Africa-Europe (Creative Europe) (La Fabrique Culturelle) 

11:00-11:30: Transfer to Institut français

11:30-12:30: Terya Circus show (Institut français) / RICA

12:30-14:00: Lunch

14:30-17:00: Visit of the “Ivoire Marionnettes” academy (Abata village) 

17:30-18:00: Transfer to the MASA

18:00-22:00: Inauguration of the MASA

22:00: Dinner 

23:00: Transfer to the hotel

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

Morning: MASA shows 

13:00-14:00: Lunch 

14:00-15:00: Networking/CIRCOFFEE

15:00-15:30: Transfer to the craft centre

15:30-17:30: Visit of the craft centre 

17:30-18:00: Transfer to La Fabrique Culturelle

18:00-21:00: RICA closing party Afrotronix / Canada Tchad (La Fabrique Culturelle) 

21:00: Dinner

22:30: Transfer to the hotel 

 

MONDAY, MARCH 9

11:00-13:00 - Roundtable: 

The Circus and Public Art Landscape draws an uneven yet dynamic network across the continent, with leaders in creation (emerging artists and companies), training (Schools and School Projects) or diffusion (affirmation of new festivals). Why animate a regional network and how to strengthen the links between the operators of these sectors in Africa? Advantages, pitfalls, perspectives: how to build on the experiences of existing international networks?

Afternoon: Departure of the delegation