Djibril Sall

Djibril Sall is a performer/choreographer/writer based in Berlin since 2018. Originally born in Dakar, Senegal and emigrating to Memphis, TN at a young age, their interests are inspired by their early life as a first-generation queer immigrant and their experience with adolescent cancer. Eventually, they received their BA in Dance from Wesleyan University with a focus on Performance Studies, Queer Studies, and Critical Race Studies. They are an avid student on the production of superfluous trauma and the habits that facilitate its continued existence as intergenerational trauma. At the moment they are concerned with how the path to utopia for many communities living on the margins is rooted in closing deep wounds and navigating the ruptures that arise in the process of healing these traumas. Through this, Djibril believes the fluidity and diversity of what utopia can be are preserved and ground in addressing the shortcomings of this present socio-political reality.

They have worked with organizations serving the needs of underrepresented communities such as Girls Inc. of NYC and By Us For Us. Additionally, they have presented talks at The New School and Bluestockings in New York City and Sophiensaele in Berlin and they have worked with artists such as Jeremy Shaw, Vladimir Miller, Julian Weber, and Faye Driscoll. In 2019, they received the danceWEB Scholarship in Vienna and they are currently developing a piece they showed at SomoS in Berlin last February.