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Carter Master Class with Agathe Djokam
November 19, 2021 @ 10:40 am - 12:10 pm
Master Class Details
Il s’agit d’un atelier libre, ouvert à toutes les disciplines artistiques et toute personne désirant se redécouvrir différemment à travers un nouvel univers.
It is a free workshop, open to all artistic disciplines and anyone wishing to rediscover themselves differently through a new universe.
This dance workshop will focus on Djibi-Badjep work technique, through the intentions of the dance project A qui le tour? (Whose turn is it?) to better invite and lead the bodies present.
Djibi Badjep which means (Go-Return) is a technique of work in creation specific to the dancer Djokam Tamo Agathe. By the name of this technique, she associates the origins of her mother (Djibi which means To Go in batoufam language) and those of her late father (Badjep which means Return in baham language).
Since 2017, she has been refining the contours of this process related to self-questioning and based on the relationship between self and the other, between the known and the unknown, between inner and outer journey… and this in an energy close to the beings that we are.
A qui le tour ? Is a piece of creation dance that questions the body and mind of each individual facing the loss of a loved one, exploring the different stages of mourning in a well-defined space and time. Between shock, anger, memories, depression, acceptance and rebirth, the dancer DjokamTamo Agathe opts for a living decoration where the experience of the public dances.
Biography Agathe
“I want to defend, as a woman, the colors and values of dance, motivate young people and participate in the cultural development of Africa in general and Cameroon in particular“ Agathe Djokam
Born in Mbalmayo, resident of Douala / Cameroon, founder of the company Agathe Djokam and the association Corpo Symbiose, DjokamTamo Agathe, graduate in traditional and contemporary dance of Africa at the Ecole Des Sables in Senegal founded by famous dancer Germaine Acogny, gives herself body and soul for dance.
From her school level Baccalaureate series D plus two years in the cycle DSEP in Nursing, Agathe is distinguished for the first time at the French Institute of Cameroon Douala antenna during the “Nuit Blanche” in October 2014.
Agathe participates in IN at MASA 2018 and 2020, and is selected for many major dance events such as the Biennale of Dance in Africa 2020 and the Biennale of dance in Lyon 2021. Present on the projects tours like “Les Demoiselles d’Afrique” by choreographer Salia Sanou and “Africa Simply the Best” by choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly with her solo dance project A qui le tour?, dancer for virtual projects of the Gilles Jobin Cie, she left a remarkable mark on her career as a dancer/choreographer. She participates in the Y’Africa 2020 series project, introduced to digital, real time and movement within the Gilles Jobin Cie…
She is one of the dance workers for the online workshops organized by ESAD and Science Po of Reims as part of Africa 2020. Coming from the Hip Hop world, she won many local and international competitions. In addition, she also stands out as:
- 2020: Laureate of SOFACO/ACF lot 2 special covid 19.
- 2020: Laureate of TRAME project of the International City Arts of Paris.
- 2019: Laureate for Pro Helvetia studio Residency 2020.
- 2019: Laureate of the choreographic contest Africa Simply the Best, Silver Acogny.
- 2018: Best Dancer of the Year 2017 at Battle National Cameroon.
- 2017: Laureate of the “Visas for creation 2017” program of the French Institute.
- 2016: Laureate Discovery Goethe Kamerun Institute.
- 2014: Laureate French Exchange.
- 2014: Best dancer of the year at the hip hop event Urban Zone Contest (Cameroon).
She meets many artists and choreographers.
Anchored in her technique called Djibi-Badjep, after many creations and dance projects among which “A qui le tour?” And “Energie“, between research, residencies, activities in the heart of public spaces and sharing, she is committed to new and more advanced choreographic and creative adventures such as JUMP MIND, WUBA, writing projects and the dance work entitled ECHOGR’ART-PHIE.
She would like to later found a new creative space in Cameroon dedicated to dance, to have a framework to share her experience and allow a mix of local and international choreographic / artistic ideas.
Through her work, Agathe wishes to describe her society and awaken consciences about the possible commitments of each and every one of them: she does it through her art.