Magic Malik - Sonances et dances du Cameroun.

Format:

Video

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa.

French.

Africans.

Music festivals.

Musical performances.

Local Subjects:

Africa.

French.

Africans.

Music festivals.

Musical performances.

Genre:

Performance

Physical Description:

1 online resource (44 minutes)

Other Title:

Magic Malik - Sonances et dances du Cameroun - Live at Banlieues Bleues festival

Place of Publication:

Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 2019.

Language Note:

In African.

In English.

In French.

Original language in African.

Original language in English.

Original language in French.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

It was during a residency at the Royaumont Foundation in 2017 that the flutist Magic Malik and Hilaire Penda (now deceased and to whom the program given in March 2019 as part of the Banlieues Bleues festival is dedicated) composed and ensured the artistic direction of Sonances et Danses du Cameroun. Magic Malik, outstanding flutist, offers a marvelous spectacle with bewitching music. There is an allegorical stylization of African thought through the song, the dance, and the finery of the astonishing dancer which unfolds throughout seven luminous titles ranging from Breath of Life to Tribute to our Ancestors via Lyonana (The Road is Free), Bihutel (the Path is Long) and Assiko (Village Festival). It's a perfectly fluid musical journey, with a tension that instills mystery. We remain seduced by the sobriety of the whole which in no way erases the luxuriance based on the melismas, the modal loops, the references to birdsong, the dancer's body in its ritual-like trance. We are caught by the little melody as light as a nursery rhyme ("story of a beautiful girl from my village") that we want to sing along with the musicians. Malik's final cry translates an emotional density which is amplified by the dancer's facial expressions. Philippe Lesage

Notes:

Performed La Salle Jacques Brel

Title from resource description page (viewed July 15, 2024).