Flo Ankah
Flo Ankah ( born February 5, 1983 in Bourgoin- Jallieu (France) as Florence Annequin ) is a French actress and filmmaker. As Chanteuse it occurs under the pseudonym on Floanne. Born in France and raised, she lives in New York City since 2000. Ankah is the founder of SIMPLE Production, an organization dedicated to promoting young artists from different cultures.
Life and Karrier
Floanne grew up on a farm in Châbons in Isère on along with two siblings. She graduated at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre for improvisation comedy. This was followed by further training in acting at HB Studio and the School for Film and Television, at the Alvin Ailey School. In New York she worked as an assistant to Jerry Schatzberg, the singer Frank Simms and the sculptor Strong- Cuevas and as well as by Frances Kazan, where she helped with the order of the archive by Elia Kazan.
Spectacle
Flo Ankah worked in the production crew at various cinema and television films (eg, Then She Found Me, One Life to Live and theater ( The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Julius Caesar ), as at the Public Theater. Moreover, she gave readings with theater greats such as Israel Horovitz and worked as a singer for feature films ( The Limits of Control, What Just Happened ) and commercials., the web series Life with flow based on her work of short film collaborations. Floanne plays roles in the magnetic theater and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
Singing
It is Chanteuse and songwriter. Her repertoire includes French chanson, American classical music and original songs. She presents her solo nightclub shows, Floin 'to America and Edith Piaf Alive with director Isengard and Lina Koutrakos in night clubs such as Joe 's Pub, The Metropolitan Room, The Triad Theater, The Harmonie Club, Symphony Space and the New York Botanical Garden. Her interpretations of Michelle by the Beatles on the ukulele is the 75th edition The Beatles Complete on. She plays in the Broadway -style musical Loving the Silent Tears, directed by Vincent Paterson, on the side of Jody Watley, Jon Secada, Liz Callaway, Debbie Gravitte, Kiril Kulish, Mark Janicello and Patti Cohenour. Floanne trained coloratura soprano her voice with April Evans.
Dance
Ankahs choreography merge yoga exercises, organic movements, as well as the human voice as a musical instrument. Her creations are collaboratively and are often composed of video projections and soundscapes. She presented her work, among others, in the range of motion research at the Judson Church, the Merce Cunningham Studio, Abrons Arts Center, Dance New Amsterdam and HERE Arts Center, and has performed with artists such as Mina Nishimura, Nina Morrison, Meredith Monk ( in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ), John Duncan, Michou Szabo and Noémie Lafrance ( in McCarren Park Pool ).
Film
Ankah connects the lines dance / performance and film and rotates experimental films. Her film ONE WAY was honored in 2008 with the film Big Apple Film Festival with the price Best Experimental. Her film Waterfront Access?, Won the 2010 Golden Reel Award in the Best Dance film division at the Tiburon International Film Festival, which spawned a new collaboration with artist Joe Żółkowski. She is currently working on a documentary entitled Le Maréchal et l' knucklebones about her father and his farm in south-eastern France.