SOMEWHERE AT THE BEGINNING: Dance Review

WHAT: Somewhere At The Beginning WHEN: 29 March - 1 April 2023 WHERE: Arts House (Main Hall) CONCEPT AND DIRECTION BY: Mikael Serre CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Germaine Acogny COMPOSITION BY: Fabrice Bouillon "LaForest" PERFORMED BY: Germaine Acogny and Fabrice Bouillon "LaForest" DESIGN BY: Maciej Fiszer LIGHTING BY: Sebastien Michaud VIDEOGRAPHY BY: Sebastien Depouey COSTUMES BY: Johanna Diakhate-Rittmeyer Germaine Acogny - photo supplied The new FRAME dance festival is coming to a close and it has been an exciting window into the literal world of dance. At Arts House the tour ends in West Africa with Germaine Acogny bringing her 2016 autobiographical work Somewhere At The Beginning to Melbourne audiences. Acogny, born of the Yonuba people, grew up in French colonised Senegal before living a life travelling between Europe and West Africa, along the way developing what we now call contemporary African Dance. As decorated and celebrated as she now is, the journey has not be