Family courtyards and streets for Ouagadougou Bougsemtenga neighbourhood dey serve as performance spaces for 14 th Récréâtrales festival. Africanews report say this edition run from 24 to 31 October. Residents dey take part for production, and dem also open their neighbourhood for audiences wey come watch.
The opening performance, Les Mouches, grow from months of collaboration. Choreographer Djibril Ouattara don work with local women and young people since February. His account emphasise making dance movement from wetin participants already know, instead of treating their own dance experience as something wey dem must remove.
Neighbourhood involvement also get long history. Agathe Serré, member of Bougsemtenga Women's Association and amateur performer, describe how she don participate since 2006. Her account of rehearsals wey require strength give practical picture of the work wey dey behind community production like this one.
Professional actor Claude Ilboudo, wey people call Gohou, describe growing up with the festival and joining performances as child. E highlight opportunities for young people through volunteering, dance, theatre and technical production. So participation extend beyond the performers wey audience fit see for stage.
The report describe 550-metre street installation wey 68 artists and technicians from 12 countries create. Programme include readings, discussions, music, theatre and performances for younger audiences. Family courtyards and outdoor street stages provide different settings inside the same event wey neighbourhood dey host together.
This arrangement make residents part of the festival cultural infrastructure. Their spaces, knowledge and labour help determine how performances happen. The published programme reach 31 October; the report capture edition wey still dey progress, with different forms of participation inside surroundings wey people normally use as home.