CHOREOGRAPHER of Gatherings of people and places. Across borders. Interdisciplinary. Languages French and Wolof et English. Making recycled movements with costume materials to reflect on the earth and our relation with and responsibility towards radical acts of care and restorative justice.
Lenape Sippu: call her by her name project in collaboration with Painted Bride and mutliple guest artists in procession on 52nd street from Real Greens Daily Community Garden down to the 52nd st subway. Part of Earth Day Festival Celebrations centering black and indigenous voices in the climate justice movement. April 2024
Esther in Call Her By Her Name @Cherry Street Pier with Propelled Animals and supported by a residency with Philadelphia Contemporary and was presented as part of Philadelphia Thing Trade School 2022.
Esther in Oukahm, Senegal wearing greenery in a metalic crown and with red and white border tape flowing from a metallic corset structure with fake and real flowers and foliage.
Photos by MorPhoto at La Ville En Mouv'ment 2023
Funded by USAI MidAtlantic Arts Foundation, Carnegie Mellon, and UT Austin
Esther and Fatou Cissé performing at La Ville en Mouv'ment (2022), a festival curated by Fatou. Esther first collaborated with Fatou in 2006. Costumes by Esther made from recycled materials in Dakar around Blaise Senghor Cultural Center.