Aly Keita

Aly Keita, originally from Guinea, is a multidisciplinary performing artist based in Montreal. He studied circus arts, dance, and music at the Keita Fodeba Acrobatic Arts Centre in Conakry. In 2016, he came to Canada as part of a cultural exchange between Inuit and Guinean acrobats, which resulted in the production of the documentary Circus Without Borders . Since then, he has collaborated with various organizations, including Kalabanté Productions, Cirque Éloize, Cavalia, Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata, MAPP_Montréal, Jobel Art for Earth, Audrey Gaussiran, RD Créations, and more. He also participated in Afro Canada , a four-part documentary on 400 years of Afro-descendant history, broadcast by Radio-Canada. Beginning in 2020, he created and presented his own work, Djata: Conversations from the Manden, in Canada and the United States. In 2023, he created his new work, Altération , supported by the CALQ and the CAC. Aly Keita has extensive experience in teaching and cultural mediation with both young audiences and adults. Since 2022, he has been an artist-mediator at Place des Arts and also collaborates with the Verdun Circus School. Interacting with audiences of all ages is a source of artistic and personal enrichment for him.

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