Back in October, I went to a few days of the Adou Festival— a hip-hop festival in the Parisian suburb of Villeneuve-la-Garenne. Coordinated by choreographer, dancer, and singer Khady Fofana and her organization, Association Nubian Soul, Adou celebrated hip-hop culture with a week of exciting events. Opening with a "kid-friendly" cocktail reception (i.e. juice and soda) and photography exhibition, the festival also included a music concert with local artists, a dance battle, film screenings, dance lessons and it closed with a dance performance featuring young people from the community dancing alongside professional dancers from several companies including Ms. Fofana's Compagnie Khady Fofana.
With participants of all ages and backgrounds, the entire festival was very community-oriented, interactive and educational. Probably the most interesting part of the festival was the emphasis on combining modern hip-hop with traditional African elements, reflecting just one aspect of the diversity of the performers, the audience and hip-hop culture itself. As you can hear in my video montage of the battle above, live drummers played alongside DJs spinning hip-hop tracks (the featured music is from a quick rehearsal right before event), and at the concert, the drummers provided backup for rappers, slammers and singers, while dressed in traditional African clothing.
This is inspiring, it made me get up turn on my music in my living room and dance. Keep up the good work.
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