Known informally as “Solo” and based in New York since 2009, choreographer/dancer Souleymane Badolo was born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He began his professional career performing with a traditional African dance company before founding his own Burkina Faso-based troupe in 1993, Kongo Ba Téria, which fuses African traditions with western contemporary dance. He danced with the world-renowned company Salia ni Seydou, who appeared at Jacob’s Pillow in 2002. Since relocating to New York, he has received two New York Dance & Performance Awards (Bessies) and numerous important commissions and residencies, and he has been a guest instructor at The New School, Bennington College, and UNC Asheville.
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