'In the silence of love you will find the spark of life' - RUMI 

This open Studio is a short presentation of the work process of Omar Rajeh's new creation that will premiere in November 2021 at Espaces des Arts – Chalon sur Soâne. Inspired by the Persian poet Jalal-al-Din Rumi’s love poems, Cent Mille Façons de Parler is a work about desire, passion, and extreme moments of love. Rumi serves, in this performance, as a starting point to explore the question of Love in its extreme, in its becoming a drive, a passion, and a way of life. Photo ©Eric Orhand


`` Dans le silence de l'amour, vous trouverez l'étincelle de la vie '' - RUMI

Cette sortie de résidence consiste en une courte présentation du processus de travail de la nouvelle création d'Omar Rajeh qui sera présentée pour la première fois en novembre 2021 à l' Espaces des Arts - Chalon sur Soâne. L’œuvre s’inspire des poèmes d’amour de Jalal-al-Din Rumi et de son approche du religieux et de l’inconnu à travers une pratique philosophique qui puise l’amour au coeur de l’action. Rumi sert, dans cette performance, de point de départ pour explorer la question de l'Amour à son extrême, en tant que pulsion, que passion qui devient un mode de vie. La pièce est une invitation à agir et à creuser pour trouver ce qui nous anime et se concentre sur le corps dans des moments extrêmes de passion, d'amour et de désir d'exister. Photo ©Eric Orhand

Omar Rajeh

Beirut

Belfort

Maqamat

Cent Mille Façons de Parler

Morning Coffee with Alexandre Paulikevitch and Omar Rajeh talking about his performance “A’alehom” that touches on a deeply intimate and personal experience. Alexandre lost his father, he was detained by the police while demonstrating his rights, came out of difficult relationship, and finally lost his house in the explosion of the Beirut port on august 4. Photo Pixabay

Morning Coffee with Alexandre Paulikevitch et Omar Rajeh parlant de sa performance «A’alehom» qui touche à une expérience profondément intime et personnelle. Alexandre a perdu son père, il a été arrêté par la police alors qu'il manifestait ses droits, est sorti d'une relation difficile, et a finalement perdu sa maison dans l'explosion du port de Beyrouth le 4 août. Photo Pixabay

Alexandre Paulikevitch

BIPOD 2021| Architecture of a Ruined Body

Morning Coffee with Alexandre Paulikevitch

“A’alehom” is a solo performance that tells a story of loss, pain, physical abuse and revolt. It is about overcoming obstacles and shedding victimhood. Creating this performance has been a catalyst for life, a motive that kept Alexandre resilient in the face of the current political and socio-economic crisis hitting Lebanon.
“A’alehom” was born under layers of stress and melancholy that brought Alexandre close to burnout and surrender. This is exactly why it morphed into a journey of salvation, demonstrating once again the urgency of art creation and proving it to be a life necessity. Photo Patrick Baz


“A’alehom” est une performance solo qui raconte une histoire de perte, de douleur, de violence physique et de révolte. Il s’agit de surmonter les obstacles et de se débarrasser de la victimisation. La création de cette performance a été un catalyseur pour la vie, un objectif qui a permis à Alexandre de rester résilient face à la crise politique et socio-économique qui touche actuellement le Liban. 
«A’alehom » est né sous des couches de stress et de mélancolie qui l’ont poussés à l’épuisement et l‘abandon.
C’est pour cette raison spécifique que cette création est devenue un voyage intérieur et physique salutaire, démontrant une fois de plus, l’urgence de la création artistique et sa nécessité vitale.
Photo Patrick Baz

A'alehom

Evoking the Ephemeral is a conversation between a group of young Lebanese dancers that gathered around a creation process led by choreographer Corinne Skaff. The artists will share their experience in putting up a performance dealing with the Ephemeral and then carrying in their performing bodies the aftermath of the Beirut Explosion, a year of uprising and shattered social references. The group rejoins within the framework of BIPOD 2021 and reflect on the process, their future ambitions, and their current creative and social condition. Photo Malek Fleifel

Une conversation entre un groupe de jeunes danseurs libanais réunis autour d'un processus de création mené par la chorégraphe Corinne Skaff. Les artistes partageront leur expérience en mettant en place une performance traitant de l'éphémère, puis en portant dans leurs corps interprètes les séquelles de l'explosion de Beyrouth, une année de soulèvement et de références sociales brisées. Le groupe se réintègre dans le cadre du BIPOD 2021 et réfléchit au processus, à ses ambitions futures et à sa condition créative et sociale actuelle. Photo Malek Fleifel

La Compagnie Éphémère

Montreal

Evoking the Ephemeral

Khouloud Yassine talks about her performance “Heroes- Surface of revolution”, a solo that questions the body as a medium of influence and that can be mediatized through the image of itself. Photo Pixabay

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Khouloud Yassine parle de sa performance «Heroes-Surface of revolution», un solo qui interroge le corps en tant que moyen d'influence et qui peut être médiatisé à travers l'image quel a de lui-même. Photo Pixabay

Mia Habis

Khouloud Yassine

Morning Coffee with Khouloud Yassine

“Heroes- Surface of revolution” questions the body as a medium of influence that is mediatized through the image of itself. Is it power that creates the image within us? Or is it rather we, masses thirsty for leaders, who create and maintain it? How does someone’s body become a symbol of power? How, by the body’s own fall, is the fall of power announced? Photo Greg Demarque


"Heroes- Surface of a revolution" questionne le corps comme medium d'influence, le corps médiatisé, l’image du corps.                                                                                                        
Est-ce le pouvoir qui crée en nous son image ? Ou bien nous, ces foules assoiffées de chefs, la créons et l’entretenons ? Comment devient le corps d’une personne symbole de pouvoir ? Et comment, par la chute de ce corps, s’annonce la chute de ce pouvoir ? Photo Greg Demarque


Heroes - Surface of a Revolution

Heroes- Surface of a Revolution

For the 17th edition of BIPOD- Beirut International Platform of Dance, Maqamat company invites cultural partners in 8 different countries to co-curate and co-organize 'Architecture of a Ruined Body'.  This cultural project gathers artists, festivals and cultural venues in the Mediterranean and across Europe in order to question the body’s remaining possibilities, vulnerabilities, resilience or revolt, and simply its being in moments of crisis. It is an attempt to acknowledge that the world we live in is in a phase of global transformation and change. After the shocking social, political, and health incidents of 2019 & 2020, it seems inevitable that culture is at the forefront to question and be questioned, to explore and be explored, to renew thought and be renewed.

BIPOD 2021 | Architecture of a Ruined Body is organized from 16 May until 27 June in cooperation with Allianz Kulturstiftung, CND/Lyon,  CCN Bourgogne Franche-Comté à Belfort/ Viadanse, Les Subsistances, Taldans, Menhir, Sareyyet Ramallah, Dan.Cin.Lab, Egomio Cultural Centre, and Rézodanse.

Pour la 17ème édition du festival BIPOD- Beirut International Platform of Dance, la compagnie Maqamat invite des partenaires culturels dans 8 pays différents, à se croiser pour co-programmer et co-organiser le projet « Architecture d'un Corps en Ruine ». Ce projet culturel réunit des artistes, des festivals et des lieux de culture en Europe et autour de la Méditerranée pour s’interroger sur les possibilités du corps, ses faiblesses, sa force de résilience ou de résistance et plus simplement sur son existence en temps de crise. Conscients que notre monde vit une phase de transformation globale et de changement et suite aux bouleversements sociaux, politiques et sanitaires de 2019 et 2020, la culture doit inévitablement questionner et se questionner, explorer et être explorée, renouveler la pensée et se renouveler.

BIPOD 2021 | Architecture of a Ruined Body est organisé du 16 mai au 27 juin en coopération avec Allianz Kulturstiftung, CND / Lyon, CCN Bourgogne Franche-Comté à Belfort / Viadanse, Les Subsistances, Taldans, Menhir, Sareyyet Ramallah, Dan.Cin.Lab, Egomio Centre culturel et Rézodanse.

BIPOD 2021 | Architecture d'un Corps en Ruine

Oyunu II  is an interdisciplinary performance that revisits an imagined event in the history of East Mediterranean queer culture. It is Inspired by the banned culture of the köçek, which flourished from the 17th to the 19th century and had its origin in the 'harems' of Ottoman palaces. Oyunu is an immersive concert experience, through the eyes of a male dancer, that features traditional songs, electronic music, & belly dance. By bridging between tradition and contemporary life, the concert subtly explores controversial themes: masculinity, homoeroticism & islam.



Oyunu II est une performance interdisciplinaire qui revisite un événement imaginé dans l'histoire de la culture queer de la Méditerranée orientale. La pièce s'inspire de la culture interdite du köçek, qui a prospéré du 17ème au 19ème siècle et de son origine dans les «harems» des palais ottomans. Oyunu est l'expérience immersive d'un concert, à travers les yeux d'un danseur qui offre des chansons traditionnelles, de la musique électronique et de la danse du ventre. En faisant le pont entre la tradition et la vie contemporaine, le concert explore subtilement les thèmes controversés de masculinité, homoérotisme et islam.

Khansa

BIPOD 2020

Oyunu II

Noctilūca explores the potential re-appropriation of a lost wild layer of being. In the pursuit of a disciplined and controlled society, sparks of dynamism and life force have been dulled. Awakening the tamed and penetrating the unknown, I reunite with my body, in the sway of a primordial tune.

Noctilūca explore la ré-appropriation potentielle d'une couche sauvage perdue de l'être. Dans la poursuite d'une société disciplinée et contrôlée, les étincelles de dynamisme et de force de vie ont été émoussées. Réveillant l'apprivoisé et pénétrant l'inconnu, je retrouve mon corps, sous l'emprise d'un air primordial.

Yara Boustany

Noctilūca

In the panel discussion “The Architecture of a Ruined Body” we are hoping to open a window of inspiration and motivation towards new possibilities of the future. Our main question for this panel will focus on “questioning the body in moments of crisis and disasters, questioning its remaining possibilities, vulnerabilities, resilience or revolt, and simply its being”. The body can refer to the actual human body, next to the society as a body, and the industry of culture as a body.  

Simultaneous translation available FR/EN.


(Photo Michael Gaida)

 «L'architecture d'un corps en ruine», est une table ronde qui nous l'espérons ouvrir aune fenêtre d'inspiration et de motivation vers les nouvelles possibilités du futur. Notre principale question pour ce panel portera sur «l'interrogation du corps dans les moments de crise et de désastre, de questionnement sur ses possibilités restantes, ses vulnérabilités, sa résilience ou sa révolte, et simplement son être». Le corps peut faire référence au corps humain réel, à côté de la société en tant que corps, et de l'industrie de la culture en tant que corps.

Traduction simultanée  FR / EN.


(Photo Michael Gaida)

Architecture of a Ruined Body

Architecture d'un corps en ruine

An intimate talk with Nadra Assaf to go through her journey as a choreographer and educator in Lebanon, and to shed light on other dance education initiatives and artistic possibilities. 

Simultaneous translation available FR/EN.

( Photo Pixabay) 

Un entretien intime avec Nadra Assaf pour parler de son parcours de chorégraphe et d'enseignante au Liban et pour mettre en lumière d'autres initiatives d'éducation à la danse et possibilités artistiques.

Traduction simultanée FR/EN.

( Photo Pixabay) 

Nadra Assaf

Dance education in Lebanon with Nadra Assaf

L'enseignement de la danse au Liban avec Nadra Assaf

The blue waters of the Mediterranean hold the secrets of more than a thousand deaths. In this meditative visual essay, we contemplate the fates of these countless victims who perished under the waves of the sea.

Les eaux bleus de la Méditerranée renferment les secrets de plus d’un millier de décès. Dans cet essai visuel méditatif, nous contemplons les destins de ces innombrables victimes qui ont péri sous les vagues de la mer.

Talal Khoury

Mediterranean

BIPOD - Beirut International Platform of Dance has played a major role in the development and establishment of a contemporary dance scene in Lebanon. It was founded, by Maqamat (www.maqamat.org) in 2004, and has become one of the most awaited dance festivals in the region. It attracts around 5000 spectators each year and offers a rich international program of local and international performances, debates, video dance, conferences and workshops. From November 25 to December 1, the 16th edition of BIPOD will be hosted at Les Subsistances in Lyon and live streamed in real time from six different cities on www.citerne.live. 


BIPOD - Beirut International Platform of Dance a joué un rôle majeur dans le développement et l'établissement d'une scène de danse contemporaine au Liban. Il a été fondé par Maqamat (www.maqamat.org) en 2004 et est devenu l'un des festivals de danse les plus attendus de la région. Il attire environ 5000 spectateurs chaque année et propose un riche programme international de spectacles locaux et internationaux, de débats, de vidéo danse, de conférences et d'ateliers. Du 25 novembre au 1er décembre, la 16e édition du BIPOD sera accueillie par les Subsistances à Lyon et diffusée en direct en temps réel depuis six villes différentes sur www.citerne.live.

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