Calendar
2026
PERFORMANCES
PAMOJA, le bal (*togetherness in Kiswahili)
May 23
8pm – 10:30pm
Musee de l’Histoire de l’Immigration au Palais de la Porte Dorée (Paris, France)
SHANGWE*, le bal (*joy in Kiswahili)
July 14
8:30pm – 11:30pm
LES SUBSISTENCES (Lyon, France)
IRELAND TOUR
October 6
Portraits in red (solo) – West Cork Arts Center (Skibbereen )
October 8
An Immigrant’s Story (solo version) – Dance Limerick (Limerick)
October 10
An Immigrant’s Story (solo version) – Dance Tipperary (Thurles)
October 15
Fragmented Shadows (trio) Firkin Crane Dance Center (Cork)
CURATION
January – December
Curatorial advisory team, Exposition Corps des femmes
Palais de la Porte Dorée
Musée de l’Histoire de l’Immgiration (Paris, France)
MOVEMENT AND CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
January 6 – 10
English language immersion through movement
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III
January 16
Workshop for amateurs
Coucou Crew & Centre National de Danse (Paris, France)
February 2 – 6
Training workshops for professional dancers
Ménagerie de Verre (Paris, France)
February 23 – 27
Training workshops for professional dancers
Centre National de Danse (Pantin, France)
February 25
Workshop for amateurs
Les maisons de quartier de la ville de Pantin & Centre National de Danse (Pantin, France)
March 30 – April 3
Training workshops for professional dancers
Ménagerie de Verre (Paris, France)
April 11
Giant Workshop, SHANGWE, l’atelier
Centre National de Danse & Palais de Tokyo (Paris, France)
May 8 & 20
Community engagement workshops
Palais de la Porte Dorée & Musée de l’Histoire d’Immigration (Paris, France)
July 11 – 12
Community engagement workshops
Les SUBS (Lyon, France)
October 9
Workshop for professional dancers and dance makers
Dance Tipperary (Thurles, Ireland)
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
November – December
Bridges Fellowship – mentoring José-Arthur Ndong, performer and cultural administrator
Producer HUB (NYC) & Georgetown University’s Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics (Washington DC) (USA)
Past Calendar Events
2025
PERFORMANCES
January
Fragmented Shadows (trio)
Festival Trajectoire
Centre Chorégraphique National Nantes (CCN) (France)
An Immigrant’s Story (French sign language & audio-desctiption version)
Festival Trajectoire
Centre Chorégraphique National Nantes (CCN) & Théâtre Francine Vasse (Nantes, France)
February
Love is in the hair *commission by director Jean-François Auguste
Palais de Porte Dorée
Musée de l’Histoire de l’Immigration (Paris, France)
May
Portraits in red (solo)
Festival 10 Sentidos (Valencia, Spain)
March
Documentary, Une mère Haïtienne (France TV) *commission
Director Roberto Jean
April – June
Community Engagement project, La grosse casserole
Festival PRIMAVERA
Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) Nantes (France)
June
Fragmented Shadows (trio)
Festival JUNE EVENTS
Centre Développement Chorégraphique National (CDCN), Ateliers de Paris (France)
Bal Modern *commission
Centre Dramatique National (CDN) Aubervilliers, La Commune (France)
July
An Immigrant’s Story (solo version)
State of Play festival (Risk Taker catergory)
ODC Theater (San Francisco, USA)
October
Fragmented Shadows (trio)
US Tour: Duke Arts (North Carolina, USA) ; New York Live Arts (USA) ; Wexner Center for the Arts (Ohio, USA)
November
En guise de bienvenue…(solo version)
Young audiences outreach program
Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) Nantes (France)
December
An Immigrant’s Story (French Sign Language & audio-description version)
Le Triangle (Rennes, France)
CREATIVE RESIDENCY
June – October
SHANGWE, le bal (trio & DJ)
Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) Nantes (France)
CURATION
January – November
Festival Within Practice – Ctr. Natl. de Danse Contemporaine (CNDC) Angers & Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) Nantes (France) *Curatorial team with Björn Säfsten and Léa Vinette
December
Curatorial advisory team, Exposition Corps des femmes
Palais de la Porte Dorée
Musée de l’Histoire de l’Immigiration (Paris, France)
MOVEMENT AND CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
January – June
Dance in Paris Program *Co-director with Michael Foley
University of South Florida (Paris, France)
April
Workshop for professional dancers
Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) Nantes (France)
June
Ecole primaire Victor Hugo (Aubervilliers, France)
Centre Dramatique National Aubervilliers (CDN), La Commune (France)
August
Workshop for professional dancers
Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) Nantes (France)
October
Barnard College (NYC, USA)
The Ohio State University (USA)
November
Wayne State University (Michigan, USA)
Festival Within Practice – CNDC Angers & CCN Nantes (France)
Firkin Crane Dance Center (Cork, Ireland)
Dance Limerick (Limerick, Ireland)
December
Le Triangle (Rennes, France)
December
English language immersion through movement
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
November – December
Bridges Fellowship – mentoring José-Arthur Ndong, performer and cultural administrator
Producer HUB (NYC) & Georgetown University’s Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics (Washington DC) (USA)
2024
PERFORMANCES
January
A disguised welcome…(solo)
APAP | Live Artery Festival, New York Live Arts (USA)
Love is in the hair *commission by director Jean-François Auguste
Théâtre au Fil de l’eau (Pantin, France)
February
Love is in the hair *commission by director Jean-François Auguste
Théâtre Point du Jour (Lyon, France)
Fragmented Shadows (trio)
Centre Chorégraphique National Nantes (France)
March
Portraits in red (solo)
La Femme Dance Festival, Red Clay Dance Company
Harris Theater (Chicago, USA)
November
Portraits in red (solo)
Hessel Museum, Bard College (New York, USA)
December
An Immigrant’s Story (solo version, excerpts)
Dance Hall: three days of dance curated by choreographer Mathilde Monnier
Halle Tropisme (Montpellier, France)
CREATIVE AND RESEARCH RESIDENCIES
February
Fragmented Shadows (trio)
Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) Nantes (France)
March – April
PETTEE, collaboration with writers Karthika Naïr & Deepak Unnikrishnan
Red Theatre, Arts Center NYU Abu Dhabi (UAE)
MOVEMENT AND CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
January – June
Collège Jean Moulin (Chaville, France) & Collège T. Masaryk (Chatenay-Malabry, France)
Théâtre ONDE Centre d’Arts (Vélizy, France)
January – March
English language immersion through movement
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III
May
Africa Diaspora Program for aspiring and professional dancers/dance makers
École des Sables (Toubab Dialaw, Senegal)
June
Dance in Paris Program
University of South Florida (Paris, France)
July
Workshop series for aspiring professional dancers/dance makers
Wondarlab (Dar-es-Salaam,Tanzania)
September – October
English language immersion through movement
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III (France)
October
Burundi en création – training for aspiring professional dancers/dance makers
Institut Français Bujumbura (Burundi)
October – December
Visiting Professor
Bard College (NY, USA)
2023
PERFORMANCES
March
An Immigrant’s Story (French sign language version)
Le Tangram (Evreux, France)
May
An Immgirant’s Story (solo version, excerpts)
1 km de danse – Centre National de la Danse (Pantin, France)
June
Community engagement project, Dancing our stories
Théâtre ONDE Centre d’Arts (Vélizy, France)
September
An Immigrant’s Story (solo version)
US Tour | University of Princeton (NJ); PS 21 (NY); Chocolate Factory (NY) (USA)
October
Fragmented Shadows (trio)
Théâtre ONDE Centre d’Arts (Vélizy, France)
November
Fragmented Shadows (trio)
Le Tangram (Evreux, France)
Portraits in red (solo)
Camping Asia
Taiwan Performing Arts Center (Taipei, Taiwan)
CREATIVE AND RESEARCH RESIDENCIES
January
Aw Bismillah, an bey an (creation)
Festival Fari Fani Waati (Bamako, Mali)
February – November
Fragmented Shadows (research)
The Villa Albertine (Philadelphia, NYC, DC, Boston, USA)
March – June
Community engagement project, Dancing our stories
Théâtre ONDE Centre d’Arts (Vélizy, France)
May – October
Fragmented Shadows (trio)
Centre Chorégraphique National Belfort – Viadanse ; Centre Developppment, Chorégraphique National Val de Marne, La Briquetterie ; Théâtre ONDE Centre d’Arts (Vélizy) ; Le Tangram (Evreux) ; Le Conservatoire : Ville d’Orléans ; Centre National de Danse (Pantin) ; PS21, New York Live Arts (USA)
MOVEMENT AND CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
January – June
Dance in Paris Program
University of South Florida (Paris, France)
January – May
Community engagement project
Le Tangram (France)
January – April
Workshop for amateurs
Centre National de la Danse (Pantin, France)
March – June
Workshops for amateurs
Théâtre ONDE Centre d’Arts (Vélizy, France)
April
Lycée Paul Eluard
Espace 1789 (Saint Ouen, France)
August
Dance intensive for aspiring female dancers and dance makers
MUDA Afrika School of Dance (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania)
September
Master classes & Talk
Bard College (New York, USA)
September – October
Workshops for amateurs
L’échangeur, Centre Développement Chorégraphique National Château Thierry (France)
October
Workshop for amateurs
Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) Belfort (France)
November – December
English language immersion through movement
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III
November
Camping Asia – Choreographic workshop series for aspiring professionals
Taiwan Performing Arts Center (Taipei, Taiwan)
December
Collège Jean Moulin (Chaville, France)
Théâtre ONDE Centre d’Arts (Vélizy, France)
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
January
Pina Bausch Fellowship for Dance and Choreography
Mentoring Lilian Maximillian Nabbaggala
2022
PERFORMANCES
January
An Immigrant’s Story (premiere, French sign language & audio-description version)
Pôle Sud, Centre Développement Chorégraphique National (CDCN) Strasbourg (France)
January – February
An Immigrant’s Story (French sign language version)
Espace 1789 (Saint Ouen, France)
March
An Immigrant’s Story (solo version) & film La visite
Le Palace (Montataire, France)
La visite (film)
7th edition, Segal Center Film Festival on Theater and Performance (FTP) (New York, USA)
April
An Immigrant’s Story (solo version)
Sweden Tour | Dansstationen (Malmö); Dansens Hus (Stockholm); Norrlandsoperan (Umeå)
May
En guise de bienvenue…(solo version)
Collège Gérard Philipe
Rencontres Chorégraphiques International de Seine-Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France)
Community Engagement project, Assemblée
1 km de danse – Centre National de Danse (Pantin, France)
October
An Immigrant’s Story (French sign language & audio-description version)
Le Quartz (Brest, France)
November
An Immigrant’s Story (French sign language & audio-description version)
Théâtre ONDE Centre d’Arts (Vélizy, France)
CREATIVE AND RESEARCH RESIDENCIES
February
Project Dancing more wisely with choreographer Fearghus Ô Conchùir (research)
Firkin Crane Dance Center (Cork, Ireland)
August – September
At the moment of encounter *commission
Wayne State University (Michigan, USA)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS
January – May
Project Assemblée
Centre National de Danse (Pantin, France)
MOVEMENT AND CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
January
University of South Florida (USA)
Lycées Auguste Blanqui & Marcel Cachin
Espace 1789 (Saint Ouen, France)
February
Training for professional dancers
Centre National de Danse (Pantin, France)
Lycées Auguste Blanqui & Marcel Cachin
Espace 1789 (Saint Ouen, France)
Collège Gérard Philipe
Rencontres Chorégraphiques International de Seine-Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France)
March
L’échangeur, Centre Développement Chorégraphique National (CDCN) Château Thierry (France)
Danses Partagées
Centre National de Danse (Pantin, France)
Amateur improvisation workshop
Le Palace (Montataire, France)
Ecole Elementaire Abatole France (St Denis, France)
La Chaufferie
April
Workshops for amateurs
Dansesn Hus & University of the Arts Stockholm (Sweden)
June
Dance in Paris program
University of South Florida (USA)
September – December
English language immersion through movement
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III
October
Amateur workshop series
Le Tangram (Evreux, France)
November
Project Mutoto Dans’Afrika
Company Hara & Institut Français (Kinshasa, Congo)
Public school teacher workshops & students at the Conservatoire Lully-Vauban
Théâtre ONDE Centre d’Arts (Vélizy, France)
December
Lycée Auguste Blanqui
Espace 1789 (Saint Ouen, France)
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
October – December
Pina Bausch Fellowship for Dance and Choreography
Mentoring Lilian Maximillian Nabbaggala
PAST CREATIVE RESIDENCES (USA)
- 2004, 2013, 2022 : Wayne State University
- 2013 : Stephens College, Mills College (& 2015), University of Michigan, Temple University
PAST GUEST TEACHING (International)
- 2016-present : University of South Florida Dance in Paris program (Core Faculty & Co-direction *2025) (France)
- 2005, 2010, 2012, 2020, 2025 : Wayne State University (USA)
- 2015 : Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater School, DePaul University (USA)
- 2013 : Slippery Rock University, Ohio University, Farmington Hills & Harrison High Schools, ArtLab J dance space (USA)
- 2010-2011 : Temple University (& 2015), Mills College, Stanford University, Spelman College, Towson University (& 2015), Coppin State University, University of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Michigan… (USA)
- 2024 : Wondarlab (Tanzania), École des Sables (Senegal)
- 2022 : Mutoto Dans’Afrika (Kinshasa, Congo)
- 2017 : Festival East African Nights of Tolerance (Kigali, Rwanda)
- 2016, 2018, 2019 : micadanse (France)
- 2017 : Menagerie de Verre (France)
- 2018 : US State Department African Regional Services Paris with assignments in Nigeria
- 2014-present : Théâtre Espace 1789; L’ONDE; Centre National Chorégraphique Nantes; L’echangeur (Centre National de Development de Danse et Chorégraphie Chateau Thierry); Théâtre Azimut Piscine; La Chaufferie/Cie DCA; Rencontres Choregraphiques Ateliers; Point Commun; Le Tangram; Manœuvres; Cité International … (France)
- 2014 : Firkin Crane Dance Center (Cork, Ireland), Moving Into Dance, Lefika Arts Therapy Center (Johannesburg, South Africa); L’École International de Danse (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
- 2010 : African Diaspora Dance Association (London, UK), Dance New Amsterdam (New York, USA)
- 2006 : Studio Harmonnic (Paris, France)
- 2000-2006 : Urban Bush Women / Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (USA)
- 2004 : Compagnie Gaara / Opiyo Okach & Nyumbani Center – orphanage for children with HIV/AIDS (Nairobi, Kenya)
- 2002-2006 : Lincoln Center Institute (New York, USA) – students ages 6 to 18 and primary to university professors