In December 2020, Valerie Green/Dance Entropy's “HOME” project continued with a new residency with visiting choreographer Souleymane Badolo from Burkina Faso. Company members and guest artists presented Souleymane’s version of “HOME” in an informal showing and discussion at Green Space on December 16, which was also live streamed on the company’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.
The experience was welcomed and rewarding for the dancers, who were exposed to new dance styles, musicality, cultural aesthetics and traditions, and vocalization techniques:
“The whole experience was overwhelming and beautiful. I got the opportunity to learn, experience and share with the dancers and the choreographers.” — Karma, Guest Artist/Performer
“It was nice to come back dancing in the studio with people, and I could not ask for better. Great group, direction, new movement vocabulary and culture shared with amazing people!” — Sara Pizzi, Guest Artist/Performer
"HOME" is an international collaboration with choreographers from Sweden, India, Burkina Faso, Colombia and Lebanon. Each artist examines the concept of home from their own unique perspective, drawing upon the significance of this idea from their home country, as well as factors including culture, upbringing, economics, politics, and personal identity. Five Choreographers are invited to NYC in 5 phases to work with the dancers in 10-day intensives at Green Space. Currently in Phase 4, Dance Entropy is working with Souleyman Badolo on this idea of Home: “I am like a snail, I carry my house with me wherever I am wherever I go. I still have my culture, tradition, and my language that I speak, and also my land and my ancestors living in me. My house is my movement, my dance.”
