Siaka Coulibaly

Trained in traditional Nubian vault masonry, Siaka Coulibaly, born and raised in a rural environment, began dancing as a liberating movement in his life.

Despite resistance from his family and social environment, he decided to leave his home village to pursue professional dance training in Ouagadougou.

This methodical approach helped him realize that the techniques and rituals he had learned during his socialization—whether in agriculture or masonry—were all rooted in music, dance, and rhythm.

Today, he conducts research around the gestures and materials specific to traditional masonry, exploring their relationship with movement, the body, and space.

For three years, Siaka Coulibaly trained at Yeleen Don, the program led by Salia Sanou and Saïdou Boro at La Termitère in Ouagadougou. He continued with intensive workshops and teachings in Burkina Faso, at the École des Sables, in Togo and Benin, with Germaine Acogny and Alesandra Seutin, Elsa Wolliaston, Irène Tassambédo, and Ladji Koné.

In Burkina Faso, he joined several dance companies, committed himself to artistic and cultural education, worked with blind children, and created the Urbain-Impro Dance Project.

In 2022, he joined the professional training program of Anne-Marie Porras at Epsedanse in Montpellier. That same year, he became an associated artist in camin’cubateur, a mentoring program for emerging artists.