GAYA: THE MALI LANCES HIS INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL OF DANCE!
Bamako dance: the first edition of GAYA, the International Dance Biennial of Mali, was officially launched on Saturday, October 10, 2026 in Sabalibougou. A festive birth that our Festival Explorer Mory Touré had the pleasure of moderated.
The official launch of the first edition of the GAYA, Mali's International Dance Biennial, held on Saturday 10 October 2026 in Sabalibougou, Bamako. On the field for Festival TV , our Festival Explorer Mory Touré attended and moderated it. The launch photos: © Mory Touré .
Transmission, creation, dissemination
Beautiful initiative led by the Association I Dance'O, led by the talented Malian dancer and choreographer Bibata Ibrahim Maïga. The Biennale unfolds on a biennial cycle around three complementary dimensions: transmission, creation and dissemination.
It brings together professional and semi-professional artists, young creators, artists from different disciplines, training structures and publics around the same artistic process: to value the creative richness of Mali and to circulate dance.
Practical information — GAYA, International Dance Biennial of Mali · first edition launched on October 10, 2026 in Sabalibougou (Bamako, Mali) · cycle of the first edition announced from October 10, 2026 to November 12, 2028 · Organization : Association I Dance'O.
— Mory Touré , Festival Explorer — report for Festival TV