Environment as Inspiration

Toubab Dialaw, where Jant-Bi trains and teaches as part of the International Centre for Traditional and Contemporary African Dances,  is a little fishing village situated 55 km from Dakar on the coast on Senegal, along beautiful white sandy beaches and rock formations. Its landscape features baobab trees, picturesque hills and a magnificent Lagoon with a view over the sea.  The environment where Jant-Bi trains is extremely important because it is directly tied inspires the pieces being created.  Germaine Acogny expresses, “African dance is a constant dialogue with the cosmos, with nature. It is an anchor to the earth and a bridge to the sky. So this is the global context of African dance, the socio-cultural and national context.”

(Quote from http://www.thisbusinessofdanceandmusic.com/Article-NegotiatetheSpacebylyw.htm)