La Djeum
The DJEŪM is an Afro-Urban dance style from Cameroon set up by Arsène ETABA which means DANCE in the Njoyi language (spoken in
the Central region of Cameroon, among the Eton people from whom he originates).
It invites the people to DANCE to claim, to hope, to aspire but also to celebrate, forget and forgive, this through a sincere and salutary
invitation of the spirits rooted in our soils: THIS IS WHY WE ARE CONSTANTLY POUNDING THE GROUND.
It is a new Afro-urban dance of Cameroonian origin where the standards of urban African dance are evolved, particularly through a
gestural vocabulary that combines customs, contexts, intentions, techniques and probably commercial (with the aim of expansion). The principle of Djeum Read More
Diverse Projects
MODAPERF 2021 International Festival:
-EN(S)EMBLEES – EN(S)AMBLES de & par la Cie Arsène ETABA, IFCameroun (Douala and Yaoundé)
-SHADOWS SURVIVORS by Compagnie ZORA SNAKE, IFCameroun (Douala),
AFCameroun (Dschang), Fédération Nanbudo (Yaoundé)
RENCONTRES CHOREGRAPHIQUES D’ABIDJAN 5th edition (November 08-13, 2021)
EN(S)EMBLEES- EN(S)AMBLES by & Cie Arsène ETABA – MASA headquarters (Abidjan,
Ivory Coast)
-AFRICAN THOUGHTS THROUGH BODY LANGUAGE / CHOREOGRAPHIC ENCOUNTERS
DES DANSES URBAINES EN CREATION: 2nd prize IFCameroun with EN(S)EMBLEES- EN(S)
AMBLES by & Cie Arsène ETABA (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
-Festival SAISIS TA DANSE/CHANCE: EN(S)EMBLEES- EN(S)AMBLES de & par de & par la
Cie Arsène ETABA Arsène ETABA- Street performance, (Douala, Cameroon)
-SHADOWS SURVIVORS (1st and 2nd stage), by Compagnie ZORA SNAKE, Espace HOPE
Douala – Espace Labo Yaoundé (Cameroon)
-WOMENDIA (1st creation stage), International Women’s Rights Day at the IFC
Douala, Cameroon.
C LA VIE (1st creation stage), by FASO Danse-Théatre / Serge Aimé Coulibaly, Ankata
Laboratory (Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina-Faso)
