Shikama, by Dorothée Munyaneza
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Choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza, winner of the Salavisa European Dance Award, presents an original show, created specifically for the CAM Studio, in collaboration with Inés Sybille Vooduness and Matthew Jamal.
To create this original performance, Dorothée Munyaneza invited the dancer and cultural researcher Inés Sybille Vooduness and the interdisciplinary artist and composer Matthew Jamal. Together, they have created a piece based on improvisation, blending music, sound and movement.
Three presences, three territories and three worlds come together in a shared space, making three syllables resonate: Shi-Ka-Ma. Shikama comes from Gushikama, which means “to take root” in Kinyarwanda, the choreographer’s native language.
Like trees anchoring themselves to the earth they inhabit through roots, rhizomes and rootlets, while their branches are shaken by rumblings and storms, Shikama asks how we can take root despite everything. Perhaps the answer lies in a swaying triple metre, in an imbalance held together by a saving movement, or in a waiting for the third movement to resolve.
This performance is part of the Alkantara Festival 2026, and is presented in the context of the Salavisa European Dance Award.
Biographies
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Dorothée Munyaneza
A multidisciplinary artist who uses music, voice, text and movement. Drawing on real-life stories, her work engages with the body, memory and the present moment to create a space of resonance. Her artistic research draws inspiration from the diversity of her cultural heritage — her extended family in Rwanda, her 14 years spent in London, her move to Paris, followed by her settling in Marseille. She has worked with several leading choreographers and is the creator of numerous pieces, which have been performed internationally. In 2013, she founded her own company, Kadidi. In 2024, she was one of the winners of the Salavisa European Dance Award.
Image © PatCividanes
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Inés Sybille Vooduness
Dancer, cultural researcher, and teacher. Born in Barcelona to a Catalan mother and Haitian father, her work explores Haitian Vodou through choreography, creating imagined encounters between spiritual traditions and contemporary dance forms such as Kuduro, Coupé-Décalé, and Dancehall. Previous works include Santa de sustrato autónomo (La Casa Encendida) and Simbi en águas astronómicas (TNT Festival/Teatro do Bairro Alto). In 2024, she was part of the 8-week Common Lab programme of the Creative Europe project Common Stories.
Image © Virginia Pérez
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Matthew Jamal
New York–based interdisciplinary artist and composer working across sound, movement, and electroaccoustic manipulation. Their practice explores improvisation as a compositional system and embodied method, their work remaining rooted in Black American traditions. Their work is often site responsive – where improvisation is shaped by the audience and environment. Alongside his independent practice, Jamal has collaborated across music, dance, and film with artists including Madonna, Benjamin Clementine, Obongjayar, J’Nai Bridges, Jason Moran, and Jacob Jonas The Company. He holds a BM in Classical and Jazz Double Bass Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.
Image © Geoffrey Baptiste
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