Congo-Kinshasa: Choreographer Bolewa Sabourin Promotes Dance Therapy for Victims of Sexual Violence in DRC

French-Congolese choreographer and dancer Bolewa Sabourin is the force behind Re-Creation, a project that uses dance to provide therapeutic support to female victims of rape and sexual assault in the Kivu region of eastern DRC.

Born to a Congolese father who was the dance teacher of his French mother, 33-year-old Bolewa Sabourin was destined to dance. In his autobiography The rage to live, he details a tumultuous childhood of dropping out of school and eventual life commitments that led him to espouse the philosophy that "dance is a tool of resilience, a means to regain power over oneself," reports TV5Monde.

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