With his hip-hop group Géométrie variable, the Gard dancer Sadeck Waff has multiplied the performances in TV shows around the world.
Her astonishing choreographies, where they draw geometric shapes with her body, caught the eye of Shakira, who invited the artist in a clip.
His latest project,
Murmuration
, is sold on an NFT platform.
Difficult to stick any label on the performances for which Sadeck Waff is famous. “It's Variable Geometry, quite simply! », Smiles the dancer from Gard, who founded this hip-hop formation in 2017 with his friend, Ammar Benbouzid. “We both sat in a room, we wanted to create something new, something fresh,” confides this young 32-year-old dad. Something that, of course, is inspired by hip-hop, but we didn't want to do a simple choreography. We wanted to imagine a whole new way to connect. "
The first video of the duo, who draws geometric shapes with their bodies as if by magic, ignites social networks.
Géométrie variable is invited to present its art in hip-hop events around the world.
And the millions of views generated by their first clips intrigued the production company of
La France a un incredible talent
, which invited them to participate in the show, on M6.
They will climb to third place.
Sadeck Waff also tries the adventure, in 2020, with his daughter, Neylia.
"The chemistry you have in dance, the choreography was perfect, we didn't win for a second", exclaimed Sugar Sammy, one of the members of the jury.
" It was impressive !
"
Since then, all over the world, TVs have requested Sadeck Waff and Géométrie variable:
Tu si que vales
in Italy,
America's got talent
in the United States,
The moment
in the Philippines… And
World of dance
, across the Atlantic, where they amazed Jennifer Lopez . " It was impressive ! “, Will drop the singer, after their performance.
In 2020, while the world has stopped spinning, Sadeck Waff hasn't stopped dancing.
On the contrary.
His new kind of hip-hop caught the eye of Shakira, who invited Sadeck Waff to dance in his music video,
Girl like me.
In this project, he embeds Jibril Maillot, one of the new members of Géométrie variable.
"That international artists, that icons, are interested in what I do, it's a crazy thing", rejoices Sadeck Waff, who will never forget that he "ate sushi with Shakira!"
".
“If our style is specific, if it's complicated, if it's in the details, she was thoroughly.
He liked it directly.
From the meeting, it happened naturally.
"
"It takes hours, and hours, of training"
To achieve the desired effect of these choreographies, there is no other choice for Sadeck Waff and the other dancers in the group to "strive for perfection".
“The synchronization has to be perfect,” the dancer continues.
Everyone has their own choreography, but in addition, it is necessary to take into account the contact with their dance mates.
The connection must be made.
It takes hours, and hours, of training.
More still, perhaps, for the new project which animates Sadeck,
Murmurration
.
With several dozen dancers, he imitates the movements of birds in the sky.
"I wanted to transcribe these waves, these shapes into dance," he confides.
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One of his astonishing videos has been on sale for a few days on the Rarible platform, in NFT (non-fungible token) format.
Whoever falls for the clip will also have the privilege of participating in the next video by the artist from Gard.
“Everything I do, from the very beginning, is out of passion,” says Sadeck Waff.
I always want to create new things.
If it pleases me, if it allows me to work, then that's a plus.
But without it, I will do it anyway.
"
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