Edsun café mondial - ARTvent Calendar

Show & Culture

CAFÉ MONDIAL is a multidisciplinary performance combining music, dance, theatre and autobiographical storytelling. Through this project, I set out to explore my own story, my Cape Verdean roots and everything that has shaped me as a person and an artist. The performance is rooted in my family’s history: that of my parents, originally from Santo Antão, their departure from Cape Verde for Europe, their settling in Luxembourg and the life they built there. Through their memories and my own, I revisit the places and moments that shaped my childhood: the Café Mondial run by my parents, the family home, my sisters, the celebrations, the music, but also the silences, the dreams and the questions that remain unanswered. Rhythm becomes the guiding thread of this journey. The rhythm of the mountains of Santo Antão, my father’s sea voyages, my mother’s long walks, evenings at the café, my sisters’ dances and the songs I write today. On stage, these memories take shape through words, movement and music. CAFÉ MONDIAL is therefore a journey between Cape Verde and Luxembourg, between what I have inherited and what I have chosen to become. A performance about heritage, family, love, identity and the freedom to be oneself. A way of looking at what came before me in order to better understand where I am today and where I want to go.