On the occasion of the event "Dansons Maintenant !!" organized in 2011, 2012 and 2015 by Fondation Zinsou, in Cotonou in Benin, this latest conducted filmed interviews with guest artists and choreographers.
Invited for the second edition, 2012, for the performance Issewo,  the Beninese choreographer and dancer Richard Adossou returns, in this excerpt of interview, to his encounter with contemporary dance and his commitment to developing it in Benin.

Interview conducted by Aurélie Lecomte on Tuesday August 7, 2012, in Cotonou.

Filmed by Stéphane Agbessi-Loko.

Stilt walker since childhood, Richard adossou joins as a traditional dancer the troupe Akonhoun (royal traditional dance of Abomey) led by the singer and dancer Anagonou Vodjo, star of Benin. In 2000, he joined the National Ballet of Benin, first as a dancer-stilt-walker then as a choreographer. In 2005, he choreographied with Clément Kakpo Ori, a Florent Hessou'performance which won the Gold Medal at the 5th Games of La Francophonie. At the same time, he discovered contemporary dance with the Sacam group, led by Clément Kakpo and Médard Sossa and trained at the Ecole des Sables, in Senegal (2005 – 2013). His meeting with Francesca Pedullà and Frey Faust led him to integrate the Axis Syllabus, a biomechanical study of movement. In 2006 - 2007, he participated in France and Mali in the creation of Moïse Touré and Jean-Claude Gallota, 2147 L' Afrique (revived in 2018-2019). At the same time, he founded the Rich'Culture Association dedicated to training, research and creation. His piece Sonagnon, for 10 performers, was presented at the Francophonie Games in Lebanon in 2009 and Issewo, commissioned by the Zinsou Foundation for the Dansons Maintenant ! 2012 was selected for the Nice Games in 2013. That same year, he won the Visa pour la création (French Institute) and was hosted in a creation residency at the Center National de la Danse (Pantin, France) for the piece Murmure. He collaborates in various creations: Adja, by Pierre Sannouvi, Brussels – 2008; From the Myth of the Money God, Archivolto Theatre, Genoa – 2010; Inevitable dialogue by Francesca Pedullà, Brussels – 2012; Two among us, with Francesca Pedullà and Frey Faust (Düsseldorf, Berlin – 2012),  and the short movie Je ne sais plus qui a fait quoi (directed by Antoine Renouard & Adrien Michel, 2013).  His career also crosses Pierre Doussaint, Pedro Pauwels, Régine Chopinot, Elisabeth Cameron Delman, Elisabeth DIsdier, Susan Buirge, Sophiatou Kossoko, Neta Pulvermacher, Gabriel Smeet, Noortje Bijvoet, Feri de Geus and Salia Sanou among others.
 A graduate of Technique Germaine Acogny (2013), trainer in Axis Syllabus (to be certified) 2022), Richard adossou is involved in the development of contemporary dance in Benin through the creation of Days of reflection on dance (2012-2015) and the Marche festival International for Dance (MAIDA, 2010 – 2019).

Fondation Zinsou has recorded all the performances given during the festival "Dansons Maintenant !" "that was organized in 2011, 2012 and 2015 in Cotonou, Benin. Interviews of dancers and choreographers invited for the festival were also realized.

These recordings and interviews have been uploaded on Numeridanse as a courtesy with the aim of making them reachable by many people as possible, taking into account their scientific nature and their contribution to the dissemination and promotion of contemporary African art, more particularly  the field of contemporary African dance.

Directed by Marie-Cécile Zinsou, the Zinsou Foundation opened its doors in June 2005 in Cotonou, Benin. A pioneer in West Africa, it works to promote contemporary art in Africa. Platform and exhibition center for contemporary African artists particularly Benin artists, in the Ouidah Museum and in the Lab, at Cotonou, the Foundation also acts for the promotion of education and social development through cultural and educational activities aimed in particular at young audiences,  with the major challenge of free accessibility . In 2011, the Zinsou Foundation exhibited Antoine Tempé's dance photographs and invited choreographers to create a work in situ, in resonance with the images of exposed bodies. The  success of this event entitled “Dansons Maintenant !", (Let's Dance Now!) convinces the Foundation to organize a second edition, in 2012, dedicated solely to dance, around the theme of urbanity. In 2015, a third edition took place, in conjunction with the “African Records” exhibition devoted to African music and photography from the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s, which provided the motive for new co-productions of performances. The three editions of "Dansons Maintenant ! " 2011, 2012 and 2015 have all been recorded on video  (shows, restitutions of workshops, interview) and make an archive collection of 120 videos. 

The extracts from the Archive collection of "Dansons Maintenant !" have been made available free of charge by the Zinsou Foundation.

  The deposit of the video archives of "Dansons maintenant !", belonging to Fondation Zinsou was made possible thanks to the Centre National de la Danse Research award in dance, granted in 2021 to Dr Anne Décoret-Ahiha for her research project "Consolidation of the African choreographic field: focus on Benin" and with the kind permission of the artists.