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Afrovibes: Double bill Cash Cow / Black

Lorin Sookool (ZA) / Oulouy (SP/IVK)
Thu 9 Oct ’25 22:00
A performance about post-colonial expectations and a performance about the history of the freedom movement.
Thu 9 Oct ’25
22:00
  • Thu 9 Oct ’25
    22:00
    Frascati, Amsterdam
    Frascati 2
    coming soon

In Double bill Cash Cow / Black, one performance uses humor and discomfort to expose post-colonial expectations and the cruelty of consumption, while the other explores the history of the freedom movement.

Cash Cow - Lorin Sookool (ZA)

In an intriguing dance and theatre solo, performer Lorin Sookool exposes the cruelty in which we often use sentient beings for our consumption. Lorin does this by imagining herself as a cow waiting to be slaughtered. She makes the connection with the female body that is equally often used for consumption. With humour, discomfort and engaging the audience, she reflects on capitalism and asks whether the post-colonial expectations of the African dance body can change. 

Black - Oulouy (SP/IVK)

Violence, emancipation, pain and self-empowerment highlight the reality of being black in today's world. In Black, Ivorian choreographer and dancer Oulouy embodies the struggle for recognition, equality and respect of black people. According to him, these concepts are stored as memories in his own body, which he uses to confront and move. He does this with several major urban streetdance styles of Africa and the African diaspora in the USA: Coupé-Décalé, Azonto, Ndomboló, Afrohouse and Krump, supported with appropriate music. With all these styles, he depicts the history of the freedom movement.

In his varied performance, he regularly refers to important and recent events such as the #blacklivesmatter movement. In doing so, he creates unrest and discomfort, but also the potential to influence the world. In short: an empowering performance about overcoming injustice, oppression and discrimination.

  • Duration Cash Cow: 25 mins. 
  • Duration Black: 30 mins.
  • Note: Black contains footage and audio documenting police brutality and racial injustice

Credits

Cash Cow
choreography Lorin Sookool performer Sunga Konji, Lorin Sookool light Dara Beth 

Black
choreography & performance
 Oulouy light Manuel Ordenavia 

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