NKAMA

In partnership with the Pré-Saint-Gervais cultural department for their seasonopenerNKAMA is a 30-minute short form that mixes juggling, rhythm and dance. Influenced by Mozambican sounds, the juggler uses the vocabulary of juggling to reach the audience’s ears and eyes. NKAMA means time in changana, the traditional language spoken in southern Mozambique, where Dimas hails from. The changana has particular accents such as whistles, clicks of the tongue, and it is from these accents of the changana that Dimas creates his music. Blacks, whites, eighth notes, triplets, dotted blacks, these are some of the elements that accompany the artist in the construction of his juggling and his music.

Dimas Tivane

Dimas Tivane attended the Centre Culturel Franco-Mozambicain in Maputo, where he began juggling in 2011. He became a juggler-performer in three shows directed by Cie TG: Maputo-Mozambique in 2013 with over 200 performances: Avignon Off, Musée du Quai Branly, Bouffes du nord… but also in Petite Rêverie in 2019 and Rêverie in 2020. He has collaborated with Leïla Martial in a trio of improvised music and juggling. Dimas is currently performing with the English company GANDINI JUGGLING(Smashed) and collaborating with Cie DEFRACTO on two projects.