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RFI – En Sol Majeur

La couleuvre vertébrale de Mackenzy Bergile | Yasmine Chouaki | 2026




Selected excerpts



Original

« Cette jeune pousse (...) développe une œuvre rare, entre performance, recherche théorique et critique postcoloniale. »

« Danser comme il danse, poétiser comme il poétise, c'est assister à une mémoire traumatique en mouvement. »

English

 "This emerging artist develops a rare body of work at the intersection of performance, theoretical research and postcolonial critique."


"To watch him dance, to hear him write poetry, is to witness a traumatic memory in motion."


Critical abstract

In this in-depth radio conversation, RFI introduces Mackenzy Bergile as a choreographer, pianist, poet, and researcher whose artistic practice is rooted in the transformation of historical trauma into creative form. The discussion explores how dance, music, and writing converge to address questions of ancestry, displacement, Haitian history, and cultural memory. Rather than seeking resolution, Bergile's work is presented as an ongoing dialogue with inherited histories, where artistic creation becomes a way of continuing unfinished gestures across generations.



Listen to the radio show