{"id":6185,"date":"2025-10-15T17:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/?post_type=artistes-recherche&#038;p=6185"},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:30:35","slug":"athena-lucie-assamba","status":"publish","type":"artistes-recherche","link":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/","title":{"rendered":"Athena Lucie Assamba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-p2zuge-bcda61f427ff1257d423a9c3cc62c7ab main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6185'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-o5dxcu-dc982f262784831ded0622ea28f6cb1b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1><span class=\"ls-page-titre\">Athena Lucie Assamba<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mgjp55yl-28253a8be786230ab0bc27773f1a7208\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mgjp55yl-28253a8be786230ab0bc27773f1a7208 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mgjp55yl-28253a8be786230ab0bc27773f1a7208 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mgjp55yl-28253a8be786230ab0bc27773f1a7208 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  ls-home-top-image av-has-copyright av-copyright-always'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6072 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6072 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1740.jpg\" alt='' title='IMG_1740'  height=\"1920\" width=\"1515\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1740.jpg 1515w, https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1740-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1740-813x1030.jpg 813w, https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1740-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1740-1212x1536.jpg 1212w, https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1740-1184x1500.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1740-556x705.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1515px) 100vw, 1515px\" \/><\/div><small class=\"avia-copyright\">Amsatou Ndiaye<\/small><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-n3kwfy-7bf16bff795014e9f3c8cab511d944f5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock ls-font-50'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athena Lucie Assamba is an emerging multidisciplinary artist, performer, and choreographer-researcher. Originally from Cameroon, she draws from African traditional and contemporary dances as well as street styles (waacking, dancehall, ndombolo, afro house). Since 2020, she has been an active member of Afrodojomtl, a collective dedicated to the transmission and celebration of Afro-descendant dances in Montreal. As a choreographer, she has created<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multiple works where memory, spirituality, and identity intersect. With a background in neuroscience and having trained at the Nyata Nyata Centre and the \u00c9cole des Sables, she explores the interconnections between movement, consciousness, and healing.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k1lpku-e893cd3ffb56c35c443aeb5555457012 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock ls-artiste-liens'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a class=\"ls-artiste-lien ls-artiste-instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/athen.a777\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-jsqcny-53fadcdda414dfb9df7964ee92572268 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6185'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-haseb2-ca2d4e99679c91692712b9e47bd9733e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock ls-font-100'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 class=\"center\"><strong>NKUL NNAM <\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-g19le6-d6ddfd109c65a93d1948c7c199ab537d sc-av_one_full av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-g19le6-d6ddfd109c65a93d1948c7c199ab537d\">\n.flex_column.av-g19le6-d6ddfd109c65a93d1948c7c199ab537d{\nwidth:100%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-g19le6-d6ddfd109c65a93d1948c7c199ab537d .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:0%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-g19le6-d6ddfd109c65a93d1948c7c199ab537d av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_full  ls-font-28 first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-e1vxoe-0c360cac177b2727786b02224322371b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock ls-deux-colonnes-suivi'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NKUL NNAM explores the encounter between the African village and the urban club as two spaces of trance, freedom, and shared spirituality. This interdisciplinary work weaves together dance, DJ set, traditional music, fashion, and installation to reveal deep resonances between past, present, and future. Inspired by Bikutsi, ancestral chants, and Afrofuturist aesthetics, NKUL NNAM creates a sensorial universe where ancestry and modernity intertwine. Far from opposing tradition and innovation, this approach opens\u00a0 a liminal space from which new perspectives of freedom and collective connection emerge.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 --><div  class='flex_column av-1awvfi-893f5f0198832ce485190b9b3fd9de59 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-a8vny6-68d457a3c0e7912796d6d5aac0803e43 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  ls-font-28 first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-9pxv72-5175250444a823c526dc0743363370d6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock ls-artiste-credits-titre'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>CREDITS<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-7pc1z2-5e7ee466b0ab733bea91837d5e5ad252  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-662dvy-8ef634faad62490df9b22dc11ebacf25'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1'>Team<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artistic director, Choreographer, and Performer<br \/>\nAthena Lucie Assamba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dj and Producer<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gloria-sherryl Francois AKA GLOWZI<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percussionnist<br \/>\nAmadou Cissokho<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lighting Design<br \/>\nAurianne D\u2019Aon<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-bgxse-16ce0da26ad7bbdf0ee8b945ea079298 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6074,"template":"","class_list":["post-6185","artistes-recherche","type-artistes-recherche","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Athena Lucie Assamba - LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Athena Lucie Assamba - LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laserreav\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-22T19:30:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1742.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1493\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/\",\"name\":\"Athena Lucie Assamba - LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-15T17:47:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-22T19:30:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/la-serre-arts-vivants-home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Athena Lucie Assamba\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/\",\"name\":\"LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants\",\"description\":\"Creative centre for emerging artists\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#organization\",\"name\":\"LA SERRE - arts vivants\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/la-serre-arts-vivants-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/la-serre-arts-vivants-logo.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"LA SERRE - arts vivants\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laserreav\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/laserreartsvivants\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Athena Lucie Assamba - LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Athena Lucie Assamba - LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants","og_url":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/","og_site_name":"LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laserreav\/","article_modified_time":"2025-10-22T19:30:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1493,"url":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1742.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/","url":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/","name":"Athena Lucie Assamba - LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-10-15T17:47:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-22T19:30:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/artists-research\/athena-lucie-assamba\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/la-serre-arts-vivants-home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Athena Lucie Assamba"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/","name":"LA SERRE \u2014 arts vivants","description":"Creative centre for emerging artists","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#organization","name":"LA SERRE - arts vivants","url":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/la-serre-arts-vivants-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/la-serre-arts-vivants-logo.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"LA SERRE - arts vivants"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laserreav\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/laserreartsvivants\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artistes-recherche\/6185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artistes-recherche"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artistes-recherche"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laserre.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}