[Off-sides] 

“Hors jeux”, by the choreographer Iffra Dia, is the danced self-portrait of a naive character, someone on the fringes of society, who challenges norms and tries to find his own way in the world: an intimate solo, an invitation to the right to dream, to explore the imaginary, to widen your horizons so as not to keep your feet on the ground and put down roots.

Iffra Dia has gained experience in contemporary, jazz and African dance, while also rubbing shoulders with the masters of hip-hop dance. His sensitive style of dancing has retained all the virtuosity of hip-hop.

Show presented in partnership with the town of Pantin and Moov'n Aktion as part of the Festival Danse Hiphop Tanz

Further information

Company website

Updating: September 2013

Of Mauritanian and Spanish descent, Iffra Dia joined the Black Blanc Beur company where he took his first steps in the dance world and acquired the tools and methods that enable him to transmit his passion.

He broadened his horizons by exploring contemporary, African and jazz dance, while also rubbing shoulders with the masters of hip-hop dance. This desire to decompartmentalize different styles and genres is at the heart of his approach to dancing and allows him to create his own choreographic language. Today he passes on his knowledge of a rich culture of various trends: graffitti art, dance, but also a new mastery of sound and music.

Updating: September 2013

Since 2001, the National Center for Dance (CND) has been making recordings of its shows and educational programming and has created resources from these filmed performances (interviews, danced conferences, meetings with artists, demonstrations, major lessons, symposia specialized, thematic arrangements, etc.).