For the opening of BIPOD 2020 the directors of the Beirut International Platform of Dance, Mia Habis & Omar Rajeh, would like...
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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.
Mediterranean
Talal KhouryThe blue waters of the Mediterranean hold the secrets of more than a thousand deaths. In this meditative visual essay, we con...
Normal
Cie AliasGuilherme BotelhoAll things are cyclical, everything has an end; all things ultimately depart and expire before re-emerging or being reborn un...
Morning Coffee with Guilherme Botelho
Mia HabisGuilherme BotelhoMia Habis, Director of BIPOD festival, meets the artists for a coffee. She wants to know more and discover things about their...
Cartes Sur Table
Peggy OlislaegersMélanie DemersDavy BrunAmy BellIn the panel discussion “Cartes Sur Table” we will discuss the kind of relationships and conversations needed these days. How...
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Azi Dahaka
MāhaMitra Ziaie KiaHiva SedaghatAmirhossein TaghaviThe piece is inspired by a symbolic Iranian myth about a Persian king who trans- forms into a three-headed monster, witnessin...
Morning Coffee with Māha
Mia HabisMitra Ziaie KiaHiva SedaghatAmirhossein TaghaviMia Habis, Director of BIPOD festival, meets the artists for a coffee. She wants to know more and discover things about their...
The Aftermath of a Masked World
Omar RajehPeggy OlislaegersStéphane MalfettesIn the panel discussion “The Aftermaths of a masked World” , focusing on what it means to be an artist these days, we start o...
Press
Pierre RigalPress plays with the image of the modern man in its huge triviality and at the same time in its mysterious complexity. The bo...
Be Sideways
Stephane DariolyIn April 2016, the company embarked on a unique adventure: participate in a meeting between professionals from different regi...
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Maqamat
Maqamat is a dance company that was established in Beirut in 2002 by Omar Rajeh and moved to Lyon in 2020 in the perspective of developing its creative and cultural projects in France and internationally. It played a major role in the organization, creation and establishment of a contemporary dance scene in Lebanon and the region. It has founded major dance projects such as BIPOD-Beirut International Platform of Dance, Takween, an intensive training program, Moultaqa Leymoun, a showcase platform supporting artists from different Arab countries and more recently the digital platform Citerne.live.
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