{"id":14840,"date":"2025-07-25T01:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/video\/face-to-face\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T18:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:49:06","slug":"face-to-face","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/video\/face-to-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Face to face"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00c0 un tournant difficile de sa vie personnelle et professionnelle, le chor\u00e9graphe Florent Mahoukou revient \u00e0 Pointe-Noire, o\u00f9, pour lui, tout a commenc\u00e9 avec la danse. Son pays natal a peu \u00e9volu\u00e9 et rien n&rsquo;est propos\u00e9 aux habitants pour sortir de leur situation pr\u00e9caire. Seules des activit\u00e9s informelles leur permettent de survivre. \u00ab&nbsp;Face \u00e0 Face&nbsp;\u00bb est une remise en question de soi avec une volont\u00e9 de comprendre la vie, o\u00f9 le syst\u00e8me d&rsquo;adaptation confine \u00e0 l&rsquo;art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>At a difficult turning point in his personal and professional life, choreographer Florent Mahoukou returns to the town of Pointe Noire where, for him, everything began with dance. His native country has evolved very little and nothing is offered to the people to get out of their precarious situation. Only informal activities allow them to survive. \u00ab\u00a0Face to Face\u00a0\u00bb is a questioning of oneself with a desire to understand life, where the system of coping borders on art.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/press_kits\/posters\/001\/903\/926\/original\/fb426db247-poster.jpg?1635403249\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/attachments\/files\/005\/806\/240\/original\/IMG_7776.jpg?1635404311\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/attachments\/files\/005\/806\/244\/original\/DSC_0875.jpg?1635404482\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/press_kits\/headshots\/001\/903\/926\/original\/735e78720f-headshot.jpg?1630790069\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:200px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Florent Mahoukou<\/strong> est artiste, danseur-performeur, interpr\u00e8te du th\u00e9\u00e2tre et chor\u00e9graphe, franco-congolais. D\u00e8s l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 12 ans il cr\u00e9e un groupe de danse dans les rues \u00e0 Brazzaville \u00ab BANA 16\u00e8me \u00bb. Il d\u00e9couvre les Tambours de Brazza ce qui nourrit son envie de danser. En 2000, il d\u00e9bute sa carri\u00e8re sc\u00e9nique et int\u00e8gre la Compagnie BINA-NGOUA\/Serge Bissadissi \u00e0 Pointe-Noire. En ao\u00fbt 2002, il se lance dans le paysage chor\u00e9graphique avec sa premi\u00e8re pi\u00e8ce \u00ab Corps en transe \u00bb. De 2003 \u00e0 2006, il enseigne la danse traditionnelle congolaise au lyc\u00e9e fran\u00e7ais de Pointe-Noire. Participe lors de nombreuses sc\u00e8nes aupr\u00e8s entre autres avec, la Cie Paco D\u00e9cina, Carolyn Carlson et Sara Orselie, Salia Sanou et Seydou Boro, Amadou Bouro, Kettly Noel, Eric Lamoureux, Jean-Pierre Amiel\u2026 Il n&rsquo;a arr\u00eat\u00e9 d&rsquo;approfondir son travail corporel et de diversifier ses exp\u00e9riences. Depuis 2007, Florent MAHOUKOU est initiateur et directeur artistique de l&rsquo;\u00e9v\u00e9nement RUE DANCE, Balades chor\u00e9graphiques dans les rues au Congo, Niger, Gabon\u2026 Collaborateur de Ndjila na Ndjila avec la Compagnie BANINGA, Laur\u00e9at Danse l&rsquo;Afrique Danse 2008, il est en parall\u00e8le interpr\u00e8te du Sacre du printemps au sein de la Compagnie Heddy MAALEM et de Nos enfants nous font peur&#8230; avec le Groupe RICTUS\/David BOBEE. Le chor\u00e9graphe prolonge l&rsquo;affirmation de sa personnalit\u00e9 artistique avec sa pi\u00e8ce On The Steps&#8230; Laur\u00e9at du premier Prix des rencontres chor\u00e9graphiques d&rsquo;Afrique et de l&rsquo;oc\u00e9an indien et du Prix Puma Cr\u00e9ative \u00e0 Bamako. Enrichi par les rencontres et exp\u00e9riences qui l&rsquo;ont nourrie dans son parcours d&rsquo;interpr\u00e8te au Congo comme \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tranger il a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une \u00e9criture chor\u00e9graphique qui lui est propre. Il continue de confronter son travail chor\u00e9graphique en collaborant avec d&rsquo;autres chor\u00e9graphes comme : le professeur de danse Laurent Longa Fo, le chor\u00e9graphe Andreya Ouamba, le chor\u00e9graphe Gregory Maqoma, le metteur en sc\u00e8ne David Bob\u00e9e, l&rsquo;auteur \u00e9crivain Ronan Ch\u00e9neau, l&rsquo;auteur dramaturge Dieudonn\u00e9 Niangouna, le Dramaturge et metteur en sc\u00e8ne Hedi Clermont De Tonnerre\u2026 Il est aussi initi\u00e9 \u00e0 la dynamique Hip Hop, il s&rsquo;inspire du territoire urbain. Son univers chor\u00e9graphique intime tourne autour de la suspension et de la joie du mouvement, la jubilation dans le mouvement dans\u00e9. Clairement contemporain, il est le reflet de son \u00e9poque, parfois \u00e0 la limite de l&rsquo;avant-garde\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Florent Mahoukou<\/strong> is a Franco-Congolese artist, dancer-performer, theater performer, and choreographer. At the age of 12, he created a street dance group in Brazzaville, \u00ab\u00a0BANA 16\u00e8me.\u00a0\u00bb He discovered the Tambours de Brazza, which fueled his desire to dance. In 2000, he began his stage career and joined the BINA-NGOUA\/Serge Bissadissi Company in Pointe-Noire. In August 2002, he entered the choreographic landscape with his first piece, \u00ab\u00a0Corps en transe.\u00a0\u00bb From 2003 to 2006, he taught traditional Congolese dance at the French high school in Pointe-Noire. Participates in numerous scenes with, among others, the Paco D\u00e9cina Company, Carolyn Carlson and Sara Orselie, Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro, Amadou Bouro, Kettly Noel, Eric Lamoureux, Jean-Pierre Amiel\u2026 He has continued to deepen his body work and diversify his experiences. Since 2007, Florent MAHOUKOU has been the initiator and artistic director of the RUE DANCE event, choreographic walks in the streets of Congo, Niger, Gabon\u2026 Collaborator of Ndjila na Ndjila with the BANINGA Company, Laureate of Danse l&rsquo;Afrique Danse 2008, he is also a performer of The Rite of Spring within the Heddy MAALEM Company and of Nos enfants nous font peur\u2026 with the RICTUS\/David BOBEE Group. The choreographer extends the affirmation of his artistic personality with his piece On The Steps\u2026 Winner of the first Prize of the African and Indian Ocean Choreographic Encounters and the Puma Creative Prize in Bamako. Enriched by the encounters and experiences that have nourished him in his career as a performer in Congo and abroad, he has developed a choreographic writing of his own. He continues to confront his choreographic work by collaborating with other choreographers such as: dance teacher Laurent Longa Fo, choreographer Andreya Ouamba, choreographer Gregory Maqoma, director David Bob\u00e9e, author writer Ronan Ch\u00e9neau, playwright Dieudonn\u00e9 Niangouna, playwright and director Hedi Clermont De Tonnerre\u2026 He is also initiated into the Hip Hop dynamic, he is inspired by the urban territory. His intimate choreographic universe revolves around suspension and the joy of movement, the jubilation in danced movement. Clearly contemporary, it reflects his time, sometimes bordering on the avant-garde\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/florentmahoukou.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mahoukou-Florent-349714376096328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/florentmahoukou\/?hl=fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14881,"menu_order":0,"template":"","portfolio-category":[528],"portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-14840","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-friche-17-oct-2025-16h15"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/14840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-category?post=14840"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-tag?post=14840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}