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The Drummers and Their Drumbeats: Nadia Beugré

Born in Ivory Coast, Nadia Beugré became a founding member of Béatrice Kombé’s groundbreaking all-female dance ensemble TchéTché, with whom she toured for years to international critical acclaim. Following a training at Germaine Acogny's Ecole des sables in Senegal, she joined in 2009 Ex.e.r.ce., Mathilde Monnier's program for talented up-and-coming choreographers at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier. Her own productions merge traditional folk dances, contemporary experimental dance, and urban/hip-hop influences. Beugré also performs in works by fellow choreographers, such as Alain Buffard or Boris Charmatz. Beugré has recently founded her company in Montpellier—Libr’Arts, a platform for production, touring, and training between France and Ivory Coast. __ Culturescapes 2023 Sahara picks up from the Amazonian edition of the festival and introduces some of participating artists with their video portraits done by Anita Afonu, an award-winning Ghanaian documentary film director. In 2023, the three themes—borders, resilience, and futures—that structure the narrative of the festival program can be experienced through the stories of the invited artists. This series of video portraits, The Drummers and Their Drumbeats, enable a broader understanding of the socio-political and cultural context of the Saharan region. Each portrait allows a look behind the scenes into the artists' real life beyond the black box, the white cube, or the concert venue. Artists reveal essential inspirations for their practices and discuss critical questions of our time that influx their work. Anita Afonu has over a decade of experience directing and producing films exploring the hidden histories and everyday lives of people in West Africa. She belongs to a new generation of African artists who are creatively reckoning with their nations’ pasts to understand the present political and social realities. __ For more information on Culturescapes, visit www.culturescapes.ch.