Noah Konan Allui Léonce aka Gbô la légende Noah is an Ivorian choreographer, performer, and visual artist living in France. His work summons hetero-lingual languages which are his: Baule, French, and particularly Nouchi: it is the language of Ivorians of popular class, mixed and creolized language with contributions of Ivorian native languages, French and even English and Chinese. He summons everyday gestures and explores the constant transformation of body and space with spontaneity. Writing is an integral part of his approach, reflecting the movement and orality of languages, while at the same time questioning the colonial heritage.
His stagings and performances have been presented in festivals on the African continent: Ivory Coast, Mali, Benin, Togo, Senegal; in Europe: Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Portugal, Greece; and in the Caribbean, notably in Haiti. In 2020, he joined the Exerce training program at the CCN of Montpellier and was awarded the Artistes dans la cité grant from the Hermès Foundation for Contemporary Art. In 2021, the art center Rester étranger based in Saint-Denis gives him a grant for writing Grigraly.