Soirée de clôture - Danse africaine

Espaces en mouvement: Mandingue dance workshops and intercultural encounters

Perspectives · Stories · Rhythms

Saturday 28 November 2026, from 5:00 pm to midnight
Le Foyer, rue du Clos 3, 2740 Moutier
Open to everyone

An evening of travel through dance, storytelling, music and sharing. Par8 invites you to Espaces en mouvement, a cultural project that brings perspectives, stories and rhythms into dialogue around Mandingue dance and intercultural encounters.

Programme

5:00 pm – 6:15 pm: Screening and meeting with Alice Aterianus-Owanga, anthropologist and filmmaker. The documentary Une vraie danseuse ne peut pas se tenir (25 min) follows the journey of Hélène, a Senegalese dancer who continued her career in Europe. A film about dance and migration, followed by a discussion with the director.

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Aperitif and fashion show of creations by the brand YAWOTO, made in Burkina Faso.

7:15 pm – 7:45 pm: Storytelling with Kasongo Mutombo and Federica Dal Ponte.

8:00 pm: All-you-can-eat buffet.

8:45 pm: Mandingue dance demonstration with Lamine Sano.

9:30 pm: Concert by the Djamadia Band with Dedou Sanogo.

Taking part in one or several activities is free.

Meal by registration
Admission is free, only the meal is paid. On the menu: mixed salad, all-you-can-eat buffet (chicken mafé, yassa or vegetarian option) and dessert.
Price: CHF 30.- from age 16, CHF 1.- per year of age for ages 0 to 15.

A cultural project led by Par8, a union of Reformed parishes in the Bernese Jura, with the support of the Reformed Churches Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Jura District.
Registration until 20 November

Here via the form » https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/cUwGU8NAVM or by email at [email protected] or by phone on 079 758 58 77.
Contact: Lucas Goffinet
[email protected]