Kettly Noël

Kettly Noël (born 1966 in Port-au-Prince) is a Haitian dancer, choreographer and actress. Her first choreographed piece, Nanlakou, premiered in 1995. Tichèlbe (2002) won both the Rencontres chorégraphiques d’Afrique et d’océan Indien^[1] and RFI Danse prizes.^[2] She's the founder and artistic director of the Donko Senko dance studio, Dense Bamako Danse festival, both in Mali, and the Port-au-Prince Art Performance (PAPAP) festival in Haiti.^[3] Noël was also noted for her performance in the role of Zabou in Abderrahmane Sissako's 2014 film Timbuktu.^[4]

Works

• 1995: Nanlakou
• 2002: Tichèlbè
• 2017: Panser la planète
• 2017: Zombification and Errance, documenta 14 in Athens, Greece and Kassel, Germany^[5]

Prizes

• Rencontres chorégraphiques d’Afrique et d’océan Indien, 2003
• RFI Danse, 2003
• Hiroshima Prize, 2014

References

1. Mensah, Ayoko; Bocandé, Anne; Aidara, Aminata; Barlet, Olivier (2004-02-29). "5èmes Rencontres chorégraphiques de l'Afrique et de l'océan Indien : Tana en crise". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-08.
2. "Kettly Noel: Une actrice haïtienne célébrée en Afrique". www.loophaiti.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
3. "Culture : Ouverture du Festival "Port-au-Prince Art Performance"". iciHaïti. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
4. Weissberg, Jay (2014-05-15). "Film Review: 'Timbuktu'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
5. "Kettly Noël". www.documenta14.de. Retrieved 2019-03-23.