Yvonne Sembene (she/her) is a French-Senegalese GDR dance artist. She lives in Berlin. Her work focusses on colonial influences on contemporary identities, especially in the European and German context, as well as on decolonial feminist discourses. She is currently exploring Afro-German SLINTA perspectives on neo-traditionalism and neo-classicism and their place in matriarchal fantasies. In addition to her choreographic practice, Sembene composes music for her own and other works. She is currently expanding her performance practice to include opera direction. She is also regularly invited to participate in local cultural policy discussions in labs and exchange formats. She has been a critical speaker and moderator for Aktion Tanz and the Freiburg Theatre, the Tanztreffen der Jugend, the Pop-Kultur festival and a jury member for the ID_Tanzhaus residency and the Kunst im Untergrund art competition.