New York Live Arts, BAM and L’Alliance New York announce US Premiere of ‘Toi, moi, Tituba…’

New York Live Arts, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) and L’Alliance New York on Oct. 5 announced the US premiere of “Toi, moi, Tituba…” by Dorothée Munyaneza and Kadidi Company on Oct. 23 and 24, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. The event takes place at New York Live Arts, 219 W 19th Street, New York, NY, 10011. “How do we summon the presence of someone who is gone? How can we bring something to life if it is no longer there?” New York Live Arts said. It said “Toi, moi, Tituba…” is based on French philosopher Elsa Dorlin’s essay on the heroine of Maryse Condé’s acclaimed novel, Moi, Tituba, sorcière. As a Black woman and so-called witch, New York Live Arts said Tituba gives a voice to those who are silenced by force and erased from history. Inspired by this story, it said Dorothée Munyaneza uses her own body as an archive. With composer Khyam Allami, New York Live Arts said she makes suppressed voices “audible, visible, and tangible once more. “'Toi, moi, Tituba…' is a striking ‘collective solo’ presenting a multiplicity of silenced voices and perspectives through movement and music,” it said. "Toi, moi, Tituba…" is presented by New York Live Arts, in association with BAM, L’Alliance New York’s Crossing The Line, and Villa Albertine. Based in Marseille, New York Live Arts said Dorothée Munyaneza is a multi-disciplinary artist using music, song, text and movement to deal with rupture as a dynamic force. “Munyaneza draws from real stories seizing body, memory, and our times to create a space of resonance,” it said. Originally from Rwanda, New York Live Arts said Dorothée Munyaneza moved to England with her family in the summer of 1994 at 12. She trained at the Jonas Foundation in London, studied music and social sciences in Canterbury, before moving to France, New York Live Arts said. In 2006, it said she met François Verret, and they collaborated on "Sans Retour," "Ice," "Cabaret," and "Do you remember, no I don’t." Since then, New York Live Arts said other collaborations have included Radouan Mriziga, Alain Mahé, Jean-François Pauvros, Robyn Orlin, Ko Murobushi, Nan Goldin, Stéphanie Coudert, Rachid Ouramdane, Maud Le Pladec, Alain Buffard, Maya Mihindou and Ben LaMar Gay. In 2013, New York Live Arts said Munyaneza founded the Kadidi company in Marseille. In 2020, New York Live Arts said Dorothée Munyaneza translated "Hopelessly Devoted" by Kae Tempest (formerly known as Kate Tempest). Published by L’Arche Éditeur, Inconditionnelles was staged by Dorothée in November 2024 at the invitation of the Bouffes du Nord in Paris, according to New York Live Arts said. It said Munyaneza was an associate artist at the Théâtre la Ville in Paris from 2018 to 2021, and is now associated with the Théâtre National de Chaillot and the Maison de la Danse and the Dance Biennale in Lyon. In 2024, New York Live Arts said she was awarded the Salavisa European Dance Award at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.