| LC control no. | no 99046045 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kouyaté, Sotigui |
| Associated country | Mali Burkina Faso France |
| Birth date | 1936 |
| Death date | 2010-04-17 |
| Place of birth | Bamako (Mali) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Burkinabe drama (French) |
| Affiliation | Troupe de la Volta Maison des jeunes et de la culture (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Dramatists Dancers Choreographers Soccer players |
| Found in | C'è un segreto tra noi, c1997: t.p. (Sotigui Kouyaté) French Wikipedia WWW site, Apr. 19, 2010 (Sotigui Kouyaté; b. 1936, Bamako; d. Apr. 17, 2010, Paris; Malian and Burkinabe theater and motion picture actor) La pratique du théâtre moderne au Burkina Faso, 2017: pages 68-76 (in 1964 the young dancer and choreographer Sotigui Kouyaté was invited by Boubacar Dicko to perform in his drama Naba Kango at Maison des jeunes et de la culture (Ouagadougou); at the time he played on the national soccer team and wasn't interested in theater, but then spent 2 years at the Maison des jeunes as choreographer, actor, and director; in 1966 he created his own Troupe de la Volta, for which he also wrote short comic dramas; in 1983 he chose to pursue an international career in theater after meeting British director Peter Brook, who lived and worked in Paris) |
| Associated language | fre |
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