Like the choreographer Panaibra Gabriel Canda, Maria Tembe comes from Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.

She has been the favorite interpreter of her very political play for many years in which she appears to be the living symbol of a bruised Africa.

This time, he devotes a tailor -made solo to him, with a biographical tone, simply entitled Solo for Maria.

This first name, one of the most widespread around the world, concentrates all representations of femininity.


By subtlely evoking the life of the Fouls, their experiences of violence or resilience, she dances against arbitrary repression, and against the expectations of society.

Creating an atmosphere of implacable intensity, Maria Tembe pushes the limits and makes the impossible a reality.

At the end of this solo, no one will know how Maria lost her legs.

But everyone will see the extraordinary dancer she is.