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About Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna
MADAGASCAR
Soa Ratsifandrihana’s U.S. Premiere
Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna—Malagasy for “comparison, transference, and rivalry”—is a conversation between bodies, histories, and sounds. Brussels-based choreographer Soa Ratsifandrihana draws on her Madagascan origin and diasporic experience to tell the story she longed to hear as a child. She is joined by guitarist Joël Rabesolo, and performers Audrey Merilus and Stanley Ollivier as they weave together dance, music, and radio storytelling in an ever-evolving performance that reflects their roots in Madagascar, Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe. Voices, gestures, and rhythms overlap, reminding us that bodies, like words, hold memory—and sometimes speak what can’t be said.
“Delivers truth to power … fractured, fantastical, stylish, and funky.” —Air Mail
Run time
1hr 25min. No intermission.
Venue
Categories
Start date
October 28th, 2025
End date
October 30th, 2025
Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna cast and creative team
Artistic Direction: Soa Ratsifandrihana
Choreography and interpretation: Audrey Mérilus, Stanley Ollivier and Soa Ratsifandrihana
Footwork phrase: Raza
Original music and interpretation: Joël Rabesolo
Dramaturgy: Lily Brieu Nguyen
Artistic collaboration: Jérémie Polin Razanaparany aka Raza, Amelia Ewu, Thi Mai Nguyen
Lights: Marie-Christine Soma
Costumes: Harilay Rabenjamina
Sound: Chloé Despax, Guilhem Angot
A look at questions of transmission and identity: Prisca Ratovonasy
Texts: Sékou Sémega
External perspective: Maria Dogahe
Videos: Valérianne Poidevin
General creation management: Blaise Cagnac
General tour management: Thomas Roulleau-Gallais
Lighting management: Diane Guérin, Julien Rauche (alternating)
Sound management: Guilhem Angot, Paul Boulier, Jean-Louis Waflart (alternating)
Development, production, distribution: AMA – Babacar Ba, Clara Schmitt, Emi Parot, France Morin
Delegated production: AMA, Théâtre Varia.
In collaboration with Météores
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ARTIST BIO
Soa Ratsifandrihana is a French-Malagasy dancer and choreographer whose work bridges choreographic composition, radio narrative, and sonic experimentation. After training at the Conservatoire de Paris, she danced with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, James Thierrée, and Salia Sanou. Her first solo, g r oo v e, premiered in Brussels in 2021 and has since toured widely across Europe. In 2024, she created a diptych—Rouge Cratère (radio work) and Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna (stage piece)—a personal mythology she wished she'd heard as a child. She is currently an associate artist at Kaaitheater (2023–25) and Centre chorégraphique d'Orléans (2024–26).
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Co-productions Kaaitheater, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre Varia, Charleroi danse, MC93 — Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, ICI – Montpellier Occitanie national choreographic center / Direction Christian Rizzo, Orléans national choreographic center-directed by Maud Le Pladec, Le Gymnase-CDCN Roubaix, La Place de la Danse-CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie, Yavarhoussen Fund, Tanz im August, La Coop asbl, Shelter Prod
A-CDCN co-productions (The Winter Festivals – CDCN Avignon, The Manufacture – CDCN New Aquitaine Bordeaux La Rochelle, The Exchanger – CDCN Hauts-de-France, The Dancing CDCN Dijon Burgundy-Franche-Comté, Chorège CDCN Falaise Normandy, The Pacific – CDCN Grenoble – Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes, Touka Dances – CDCN Guyana, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, The Gymnase CDCN Roubaix – Hauts-de-France, POLE-SUD CDCN / Strasbourg, The Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie, The House Dance CDCN Uzès Gard Occitanie, The brickyard CDCN of Val-de-Marne).
Support for Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.
Residences ICI – CCN Montpellier Occitanie, La Bellone – Maison du spectacle, Gemeenschapscentrum De Kriekelaar, University of Antananarivo, KAAP, Le Gymnase-CDCN Roubaix, Théâtre Varia, CCN d’Orléans, Radio Grenouille.
Supported by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation – Dance Directorate, Wallonia- Brussels
International, Transfabrik Fund – Franco-German fund for live performance, taxshelter.be, ING
and the Belgian federal government’s tax shelter
Soa Ratsifandrihana is artist in residence at Kaaitheater for the period 2023–25.
Co-presented with L’Alliance New York’s Crossing The Line Festival
Frequently asked questions
What is the running time of Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna?
Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna runs for 1hr 25min. No intermission.
Which theatre is Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna at?
Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna is at Brooklyn's Powerhouse Arts, which is located at 322 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, 11215.
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