Toi, moi, Tituba…by Dorothée Munyaneza
Performance
Dorothée Munyaneza, Toi, moi, Tituba... @Dajana Lothert. Courtesy the artist.
In a vibrant solo piece, Dorothée Munyaneza draws on Elsa Dorlin’s text to explore a physical archive capable of collecting and honoring memories.
The Walker Art Center presents Toi, moi, Tituba…, a solo performance by Rwandan-French dancer, singer, and choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza. Through movement, shadow, voice, and neon light, Munyaneza revisits the story of Tituba, an enslaved woman who was among the first people accused during the 1692 Salem witch trials.
The work draws on I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, the 1986 novel by Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé, which brought Tituba’s story to wider attention, as well as philosopher Elsa Dorlin’s writing on her. Munyaneza describes the performance as a “collective solo”—a danced archive that confronts erasure and explores memory, history, and resistance. She performs alongside composer and oud player Khyam Allami, with a set and costume by visual artist Sophie Coudert.
Born in Kigali in 1982, Munyaneza has been based in Marseille since building her artistic career in France. Her work, including Samedi Détente and Unwanted, draws on personal and collective histories to explore memory, displacement, and survival.
Toi, moi, Tituba… is presented as part of Embodying Lost Histories, a season-long thread within the Walker Art Center’s 2026–27 Performing Arts Season. The performance is supported by Albertine Dance, a program of Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation.
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