Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: archos on February 27, 2016, 18:26
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https://youtu.be/Ai8Cq_CdgV4
She says she's been in bcbg since 2000 when she was around 14 years old and she has decided to retire from active dancing to give younger dancers opportunity and she has to build her family life ,but she has not left bcbg family,she is still in close contact with jb and the group
she is asked her good and bad memories in the group and she says the good memories are for example that she has been in almost every continent with bcbg and she remember bcbg's first tour after europe ban,her and virginie returned later than the group as jb allowed them some more time and he trusted them so much that he did not give them a bodyguard to make sure they do not remain in europe
the bad memory she has is when she was suspended for 18 months and she does not believe in history of congolese music somebody has been suspended for that long,its always either a couple of months at worst or you are fired
she is asked about whether dancers get salaries and she says she cant talk about groups shes never been in but in bcbg they have salaries and bonuses
she is asked about why she decided to quit dancing in kin instead of waiting for europe like many dancers and she says if she wants she can go to europe or states anytime and reveals that when she informed jb of her decision jb asked her if she wanted his help to go to europe and she replied not now but for now he'll be helping her into some business in china and dubai
she is congratulated about the nice house she has and she says thanks but it does not mean life is perfect for her like everybody it happens that she struggles,and when it happens she just has to call jb and somebody is sent to her with a good amount
she will still be involved somehow with bcbg's dancers and still receives her salary as a bcbg member but of course singers have bigger opportunities with mabanga and selling songs
she is asked about dancers she rates and mentions cuisse de poulet and many other maison mere dancers and says in general there is many good dancers
about whether she got that "crucial" place next to jb on stage due to kisi,she says no she is a christian and salutes her pastor and shows her Bible
about whether leaders have affairs with dancers,she says sometimes its true sometimes not in the case of bcbg jb sees them as his young sisters or children and treats them like that
she is asked why bcbg musicians and dancers do so little promotion of themselves and whether its jb who forbids them and she says no on the contrary she's seen him several time shout at musicians for not taking profit properly of their opportunities when given songs for example but at the same time he advises them not to do interviews every single day because media is tricky you can destroy your reputation if you are not careful enough and she gives advice to dancers to know how to protect their image because a lot of bad things are said about dancers in general so if they do not want that image to continue they have to be careful about what they do and who they do it with
she is asked about her origin and she says she's togolese and also had a bit of mongo blood
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The Queen been very wonderful to BCBG .Queen mother to her brood...no one could bully female dancers on stage while she was around . Good memories only ..
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She has served the band well,am surprised she says she was suspended for that long. Glad to hear JB will help her settle into business.
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what i liked most is how relax and mature she is,you'd think she did 100 of interviews in her career,she managed tricky questions so so well