Kettly Noël Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5èmes Rencontres chorégraphiques de l'Afrique et de l'océan Indien : Tana en crise. Mensah. Ayoko. Bocandé. Anne. 2004-02-29. Africultures. fr-FR. 2019-03-08. Aidara. Aminata. Aminata Aidara. Barlet. Olivier. Olivier Barlet.
2. Web site: Kettly Noel: Une actrice haïtienne célébrée en Afrique. www.loophaiti.com. en. 2019-03-08. 2020-08-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200813051954/http://www.loophaiti.com/content/kettly-noel-une-actrice-haitienne-celebre-en-afrique. dead.
3. News: Culture : Ouverture du Festival "Port-au-Prince Art Performance". iciHaïti. 2019-03-08.
4. Web site: Film Review: ‘Timbuktu’. Weissberg. Jay. 2014-05-15. Variety. en. 2019-03-08.
5. Web site: Kettly Noël. www.documenta14.de. en. 2019-03-23.