« Dance » by Estelle Folli

The Goethe MobiArts program, initiated by the Goethe-Institut, enables artists from Sub-Saharan Africa to travel across the continent using the Goethe-Institut network, thereby engaging in exchange with local artistic scenes. The program supports performing artists in the fields of storytelling, dance, music, slam poetry, and theatre.     
The goals of the Goethe MobiArts project are to promote cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue, to provide access to new audiences and additional creative markets for African artists, to support regional talent, and to strengthen South-South cooperation.               
For the 2025 edition, four artists from different disciplines, regions, and linguistic backgrounds across the continent have been selected.

Under the coordination of the Goethe-Instituts in Abidjan and Yaoundé, each artist will perform between July and November 2025 in 11 different countries where the Goethe-Institut is present: Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia.

Born on May 9, 1988, Folli Adjo Delali Estelle began her career as a dancer in 2007, just after obtaining her baccalaureate.
She participated in several dance workshops in various styles (Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Butoh, Classical, etc.).
She also performed in numerous works by choreographers from Togo and abroad, including Farida Lequoy (Reunion Island), David Matamela (South Africa), German choreographers Stéphanie Tiersch and Regina Georges, Frenchman Alexandre Castres, Patrick Gbakénou, Nathalie De Souza, Maria Del Pilar Tabernero De Souza, Raouf Tchakondo, Nadège Ametogbe (Togo), Ervi Sirèn (Finland), Cecilia Eliceche (Argentina), and Sandrina Lindgren (Sweden).
By 2010, she was involved in nearly every major dance creation in Togo. In April 2011, she participated in an international gathering of African dancers at the École des Sables in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal—an event initiated by Souleymane Koly and Germaine Acogny, with the support of the Goethe-Institut.

In December 2011, Togolese choreographer Flora Théfaine (based in Nantes) cast her in the piece Plissée Soleil during the “Divinités Noires” festival in Lomé, which was later performed three times in France.
In 2012 and 2013, she took part in the first two editions of the Afrik Urbanart contemporary dance festival in Abidjan and attended a dance workshop with German choreographer Felix Bürkle, organized by Compagnie N'Soleh and the Goethe-Institut Abidjan.
Togolese director and actor Marc Agbedjidji noticed her on stage and cast her as dancer and actress in Deux tickets pour le paradis, a play by French writer Jean-Paul Alègre. This role earned her further acclaim in Togo, Benin, Cameroon (at the “Scène d’Ébène” festival in June 2013), and in Lyon, France, in 2016.
She continues to collaborate with various dancers, choreographers, and directors.
In 2015 and 2016, she participated in two creative residencies in Accra, Ghana, with Kuyum Art Company and American artist Kenturah Davis, in partnership with the Alliance Française.


Technical details
Organisation : Raphaël Mouchangou, Joseph Ade
Communication : Landry Ngon
Light & sound: Daniel Makongo, Vincent de Paul Nomo.