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    STUDIA DRAMATICA - Issue no. 2 / 2019  
         
  Article:   PERFORMANCE REVIEW: A QUI LE TOUR OR HOW TO MOURN WITH YOUR BODY AND HENRIETTA LACKS – A THEATRICAL TAKE ON PRACTICAL ETHICS.

Authors:  ANDREEA LUPU.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  Agathe Djokan Tamo’s solo, A qui le tour, was not only an encounter with a different theatrical culture, the one from Cameroun, but also a chance for the Sens Interdits Festival audience to rediscover the strength of a bodily performance. Using dance, movement, music and silence, a voice over, and a few other elements, the artist takes us on her journey of mourning and loss. From the street to the theatre hall, we watch unrevalling in front of us the most intimate experiences of the human soul. Shock, denial, depression, helplessness, anger, peace and rebirth, all these can be read in Agathe Djokan Tamo’s expressive performance. By joining together repetitive, powerful movements, she manages to engage the audience in her tragedy, while inviting the spectators to explore theirs. At a first glance, Tamo’s dance is, to say the least, odd and uncomfortable. We don’t really know what is happening and all these repetitive choreographic fragments seem monotonous and a bit annoying. She’s dressed in black, and a black piece of material is covering her entire head and face. What a sinister appearance! All these elements are meant to push us out of our confort zone and into a place of curiosity and openness, while giving us time to process the significance of every step.  
         
     
         
         
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