Omar Rajeh

Maqamat
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Choreographer

Omar Rajeh is a choreographer, dancer, founder and artistic director of Maqamat. Initially based in Lebanon since 2002, he moved and set up his company in Lyon in 2020 to continue to create and develop his projects in France and internationally. Omar Rajeh has developed more than twenty choreographic creations and is widely recognized in Lebanon and around the world. His work, inspired by the socio-political concerns that surrounds it, is always carried with strong compositions and an invested and vigorous physical presence. Omar Rajeh is the founder of the BIPOD- Beirut International Platform of Dance, co-founder of Masahat network, the founder of Takween, an intensive training program, and Moultaqa Leymoun, a platform that showcases and develops the work of artists and choreographers from the Arab countries. In 2017, he designed and establsihed Citerne Beirut, a choreographic and cultural center in Lebanon which, following its forced dismantling in 2019, gave birth in France to Citerne.live in 2020. **Photo de couverture: Elizabeth Pearl** **Portrait :Hadi Bou Ayash**

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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L'esthétique de l'action à la recherche de possibilités

Omar Rajeh

Dans cette conversation réflexive, le chorégraphe Omar Rajeh ouvre un espace pour interroger l’esthétique de l’action — non p...

Table Ronde

Créer au lendemain d'une catastrophe

Omar RajehParaskevi TektonidouKhaled Eleyyan

Cette table ronde explore les intersections entre l'art, l'espace public et la crise. Elle examine comment les professionnels...

Table Ronde

Relations et enjeux entre la danse et la video

Mia HabisOmar RajehFU LEOlivier ChervinElodie Lefebvre

L’ère du digital bouscule nos habitudes et nos champs de perception. Mais l’univers du numérique est également l’occasion de ...

Conversations

Caring, Daring, Sharing

Omar RajehPascal BrunetGenwa GenwetenKawkab Zuhal

We continue in this second session of Caring, Daring, Sharing conversations after the first one that took place within BIPOD ...

Video Danse

The Odor of Elephants after the Rain

Omar Rajeh

En 2019, commence pour le chorégraphe Omar Rajeh une série d'explorations qui vont le mener vers des questionnements sans pré...

Conversations

#Cultural_disobedience & Political Change

Omar RajehJean KassirNizar Ghanem

How culture can formulate a discourse for political change while protecting itself from shifting into political propaganda. W...

Conversations

Caring, Daring, Sharing

Omar RajehPeggy OlislaegersRana KhouryPascal BrunetHope Azeda

Maqamat organise en partenariat avec le CND et le Relais Culture Europe, les 6 et 7 mai à Lyon, des rencontres sous plusieurs...

open studio

Cent Mille Façons de Parler

Omar Rajeh

`` Dans le silence de l'amour, vous trouverez l'étincelle de la vie '' - RUMI Cette sortie de résidence consiste en une cour...

Media
Conversations
Gratuit

Morning Coffee with Alexandre Paulikevitch

Omar RajehAlexandre Paulikevitch

Morning Coffee with Alexandre Paulikevitch et Omar Rajeh parlant de sa performance «A’alehom» qui touche à une expérience pro...

Conversations
Gratuit

Architecture d'un corps en ruine

Omar RajehPeggy OlislaegersRasha SaltiSimon DoveRana KhouryPascal BrunetFabrizio Grifasi

«L'architecture d'un corps en ruine», est une table ronde qui nous l'espérons ouvrir aune fenêtre d'inspiration et de motiva...

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