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 and RFI Danse prizes. 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. Noël was also noted for her performance in the role of Zabou in Abderrahmane Sissako's 2014 film Timbuktu.
Works
- 1995: Nanlakou
- 2002: Tichèlbè
- 2017: Panser la planète
- 2017: Zombification and Errance, documenta 14 in Athens, Greece and Kassel, Germany
Prizes
- Rencontres chorégraphiques d’Afrique et d’océan Indien, 2003
- RFI Danse, 2003
- Hiroshima Prize, 2014
References
- Mensah, Ayoko; Bocandé, Anne; Aidara, Aminata; Barlet, Olivier (2004-02-29). "5èmes Rencontres chorégraphiques de l'Afrique et de l'océan Indien : Tana en crise". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- "Kettly Noel: Une actrice haïtienne célébrée en Afrique". www.loophaiti.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- "Culture : Ouverture du Festival "Port-au-Prince Art Performance"". iciHaïti. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- Weissberg, Jay (2014-05-15). "Film Review: 'Timbuktu'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- "Kettly Noël". www.documenta14.de. Retrieved 2019-03-23.