Mission of Mo'O Me Ndama

General information about Mo'O Me Ndama

The Mo'O Me Ndama Cameroun Cultural Association is organizing for the first time in Yaoundé the Contaminafro Festival, an evolving identity. Mo'O Me Ndama in Italy since 2006 is active in the dissemination of contemporary African culture in Europe and Italy through events, cultural activities, music and afro dance and especially thanks to the Contaminafro Festival, an evolving identity that is repeated every year in Milan with the patronage of the municipality. Mo'O Me Ndama in Bantu means with open arms; composed of Italians and Cameroonians, it promotes intercultural activities."La maison de la danse", a dance school in the Abobò district, has already been founded in Youndè in Cameroon, while a professional company was founded in Milan to conduct choreographic research on the fusion of styles and traditions. distant and a center cultural. Among the activities, the Afro-contemporary dance festival “Beyond art. Works in new horizons of dialogue "; organization of tourist trips in Cameroon; from 2014 to 2020 the “Contaminafro.Identity in evolution” is spreading throughout the territory with festivals and cultural platforms, in collaboration with Studio Azzurro, mareculturaleurbano, Triennale, Ponderosa and a large network of associations in the Milan region and beyond, the Festival is sponsored by the Municipality of Milan and Mibact and obtains contributions from “Exhibition Area of ​​the municipality of Milan.

Mission of Mo'O Me Ndama

All of Mo's work 'O Me Ndama revolves around reflection on identity, an evolving concept given by the encounter and the continuous comparison between individuals from different cultures. The basis of the search for Mo 'O Me Ndama on the artistic, educational and training level, there is the conviction that it is necessary to work for a new conception of the individual, which is not linked to fixed places and cultures and defined, but changing and linked to the biographies of individual subjects rather than territories of origin. Mission of the Festival in Yaoundé: having in Cameroon many languages, many peoples, numerous ancient and modern artistic languages ​​which contaminate and influence each other mutually, the festival wants to bring together and give space to young African talents, to art contemporary African. An identity that is not only evolving but multiverse and open to encounters intercontinental. In such a complex and delicate historical moment in Cameroon, we believe that art can create integration between the 10 regions of the nation through culture and confrontation between young people artists and industry professionals from different fields. There will be the opportunity to discuss how is the culture in Cameroon and what we Artists can make as a contribution to the awareness and education about Art and Life which are inseparable.

BIOGRAPHY Mo'O Me Ndama

:The soul of dance", with which he participates in the festival “We will not go to Avignon” in 2003 (Paris) and at the “Reality Festival” in 2004 in Bamako (Mali); “Child without a name” participating in the Jomba Festival (South Africa); “Bissima in the street in trance” which obtains funding for a Cameroonian tour from the Dutch embassy in Cameroon and participates in the “Beirut Street” festival (Lebanon). Once he moved to Milan, Ohandja began working with Italian dancers, founding Mo 'O Me Ndama in Italy in 2005 also. Since 2007, Mo 'O Me NDama has presented his shows in many Milanese theaters: "Colors" which made its debut at the Milan Conservatory of SalaVerdi in 2009 "Match" duet with the music by contemporary composer Andrea Bandel, who won the Arts Prize in memory of Lidia Petroni 2011; also presented on the Carroponte stage in Sesto San Giovanni in 2011, at Piccolo Teatro Grassi on the occasion of the Tramedafrica festival in September 2011, at the Festival des Cultures of Ravenna in the summer of 2010, at the Balustrade Theater in Milan and at the Comuna Baires Theater in Milan.“Trash”, produced in 2011, won third prize in the competition of the Rovereto “Oriente Occidente” Festival. Since 2011, Trash has been presented at the Milanese Theater Ringhiera, at the Don Bosco Theater in Milan and at the Comuna Baires in Milan. Since 2015 "ISSE-il Cerchio" with the collaboration of Studio Azzurro and CRT Milano. Production of "Bissima, dans la street, the street in trance" with Ponderosa Art & Music and Studio Azzurro 2018 at the Triennale TRIP Festival and Contaminafro, identity in Evolution 2018. Mo 'O Me Ndama promotes fusion work between traditional Afro dances and dance contemporary, with a strong theatrical component. It is a strong, communicative dance theater, expressive, energetic and dynamic. A particular style, constantly evolving, because the identity of a choreographer evolves in constant contact with traditions and cultures very distant from each other.