{"id":2041,"date":"2026-07-11T01:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T23:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atb.bf\/atb-v2\/?page_id=2041"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:52:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:52:01","slug":"founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/atb.bf\/atb-v2\/en\/founder\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FOUNDER"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n<\/span>\n The Founder \u00b7 Since 1978\n <\/div>\n

\nPr. Prosper<\/span>\nKompaor\u00e9<\/strong>\n<\/h1>\n

\n A vision that became a movement.\n <\/p>\n

\n An academic, playwright, director and pioneer of Theatre for Development, Prosper Kompaor\u00e9 has devoted his life to making theatre a space for dialogue, research and social transformation.\n <\/p>\n\nDiscover his journey<\/span>\n\n<\/path>\n<\/svg>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Journey and vision\n <\/div>\n

\n A life devoted to culture\n and development<\/em>\n<\/h2>\n

\n For Prosper Kompaor\u00e9, theatre was never meant to entertain alone. It had to become a shared language, helping communities examine their realities, engage in dialogue and build their own responses to social challenges.\n <\/p>\n

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\n In 1978, together with a group of young students and friends, he founded the Amateurs du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Volta\u00efque, which became Atelier Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Burkinab\u00e8 in 1985. From the outset, the company pursued an ambitious vision: to build an African theatre deeply rooted in cultural realities while placing it at the service of awareness and social change.\n <\/p>\n

\n Over the decades, this conviction became a method, an institution and a movement. It has inspired artistic creations, research, festivals, practitioner networks and several generations of committed artists.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Turning theatrical experience into a force for transformation, responsibility and transmission.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n