Inductee Spotlight – Zab Maboungou
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Photo: Zab Maboungou (1997), Incantation / Photographer, Xavier Lluis
INDUCTEE SPOTLIGHT – ZAB MABOUNGOU
Zab founded Montréal-based Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata in 1987, did you know…?
- Zab learned her craft in childhood through contact with traditional dance and music groups in Congo-Brazzaville, in the heady days of post-independence cultural effervescence;
- As a performer, she has integrated various traditional and “trad-modern” formations and ballets (from Central, West and East Africa);
- A philosophy teacher and author, Zab published Heya Danse! Historique, poétique et didactique de la danse africaine in 2005;
- She has created more than 20 solo and group works in music and dance and is responsible for developing the LOKETO technique, drawing on the rhythmic foundations of African dances and musical forms;
- Zab has received numerous honours and awards internationally including the Governor General’s Award, being named Compagne de l’Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, and was honoured at the MASA, Marché des Arts du Spectacle d’Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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Banner Photo by Cindy Diane Rhéault
