KHADIDIATOU BANGOURA 

Khadidiatou Bangoura is a Cologne-based dancer, choreographer and director of KHARABA & GUESTS. She is originally from Guinea and Liberia, was born in France, and grew up in Germany. Following her studies in International Relations, Development Studies, and African Studies in London, she completed her dance training at Danceworks Berlin and trained at the Tictac Art Centre in Brussels. Her work focuses on relationality and perception and is rooted in the choreographic discipline of improvisation. She investigates our relationships to ourselves, to each other, to our humanity and to our environment—aiming for new narratives and perspectives, greater self-reflection, and deeper self-awareness.

 

Her works include "FÜHL DIE WELT DURCH MEINE HAUT – Observations on everyday racism" (2021), "MILES" (2023–2024), "LIFE IS A JUNGLE – a dance performance for blind, visually-impaired and sighted audiences" (2024) and "PINKE PINKE – a poetich reflection on monex for ages 8+" (2025). Artists she has collaborated with include Okwui Okpokwasili, Ester Ambrosino (Tanztheater Erfurt), Lin Verleger, Brigitte Dethier, Ives Thuwis-De Leeuw, Jan Pusch, Melissa Guex, Felix Dompreh (Kuyum Arts), and Horacio Macuacua. Together with Luana Madikera, she was selected for the six-week dance residency of the Goethe-Institut in Montréal at Circuit-Est. In 2022 and 2026, she was invited by David Zambrano to perform at the anniversary celebration of the Tictac Art Centre in Brussels.

 

Since 2024, together with the blind social worker, audio describer, and access consultant Sabine Kuxdorf, she has been offering the inclusive workshop "DANCE TO THE MUSIC" for blind, visually impaired, and sighted individuals, as well as the improvisation format "PLAYTIME" for dancers and dance enthusiasts of various backgrounds and levels of experience. In 2024, she was the artistic co-director of the Sommerblut Kulturfestival and has been a member of the advisory board for the FAVORITEN Festival  since 2025. In March 2026, she became a fellow of the KunstSalon.