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4 August 2024
Dance is not for us
Omar Rajeh/Maqamat | LB
In his autobiographical performance Dance is not for us, Lebanese dancer Omar Rajeh takes you to his personal universe. Amid hundreds of basil plants, he dances in resistance to existing structures of power.
Location
Verkadefabriek/Grote zaal
Running time
60 min.
Genre
Dance
Omar Rajeh speaks about an intimate past that no longer exists. A past that does not have a future anymore. The images, meanings, feelings, people and happy moments are silenced. The memories faded as if he lives in a world that is unfamiliar with a past, as if the connection between his past and present are broken.
‘It might have been weird on many levels that I chose dance in a country that was coming out of a civil war, destruction, death, and loss. However, dance at the time seemed to be the most revolutionary, the most provocative, and the most confrontational.’ – Omar Rajeh
Dance is not for us has it Dutch premiere during Boulevard on Saturday the 3rd of August.
Good to know
- On Sunday 4 August there is a combiticket for this performance with the performance Binnenste Buiten by Schweigman& and Johannes Bellinckx.
- On Sunday 4 August there is a combiticket for this performance with the performance Binnenste Buiten by Schweigman& and Johannes Bellinckx and the performance The Indonesian Dialogues by There will be film.
‘As usual, one cannot leave Omar Rajeh’s performance and remain the same person.’
Aline Mourani, journalist‘Omar Rajeh sees choreography everywhere, in all aspects of life.’
Pierre Abi Saab, critic
Elisabeth Pearl
A production of Maqamat | Omar Rajeh
Concept and choreography Omar Rajeh
Assistant choreographer Mia Habis
Dramaturgy Peggy Olislaegers
Music composition Joss Turnbull, Charbel Haber
Light Design & Technical director Christian François
Administrator Ilitza Georgieva
Coordination and diffusion Amina Onsy
Special thanks CN D à Lyon, Sima Performing Arts, Al-Serkal Avenue- Dubai, Amadeus- Beirut
With the support of the DRAC - Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
