Backstage: Lacina Coulibaly
meet Lacina Coulibaly,
dancer, professor
choreographer
Hometown Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
favorite american music The blues. Jazz. It’s improvised, like African dance.
most flexible part of my body My upper body. My lower body grounds me, but then my upper body opens up, like a tree with the roots and the branches. My upper body is also where my heart is.
What I miss most about africa My family, my daughter. But dance isn’t about where I am or where I am not. It’s about what I have now.
favorite american food If I buy anything around here, I’ll always get...
