Chantal Gondang

Chantal Gondang is a Cameroonian dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and artistic director.

Biography Gondang was born in Cameroon and settled in France in 1982, when she was aged 18. She moved to France to pursue a career as a dancer, despite how her family had expressed that they wished to see their daughter become a doctor or an engineer. In France, Gondang trained at the House of Youth and Cultures and studied ballet, jazz and Latin dance styles. She draws inspiration from traditional folkloric African dance forms to create Afro-contemporary dance forms.

From 1989, Gondang taught dance at schools in Paris, France. In April 2001, she founded the Chantal Gondang Company, of which she is the choreographer and artistic director, and began organising dance exchanges between Cameroon and France. Gondang established her dance company in Douala, Cameroon. at the European Contemporary Dance Festival in Poland; at the Biennale Euro-Africa in Montpellier, France; at the Cartoucherie de Paris in France; and at the in Douala, Cameroon.