An international dance festival bringing artists and citizens together through performances, participatory experiences, works...
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.
Media
Telescope Beirut
MaqamatTelescope Beirut is a one-week initiative within the Creative Europe project, SHIFT. It offers a unique lens to explore, magn...
Dance Is not for Us
Omar RajehA solo creation choreographed and performed by Omar Rajeh, where he takes us into his dance and autobiographical universe, l...
BIPOD 2022
MaqamatThis 18th edition of BIPOD takes place in Lyon & Beirut, with a live streaming program on Citerne.live digital platform. We g...
Cent Mille Façons de Parler
Omar Rajeh'In the silence of love you will find the spark of life' - RUMI This open Studio is a short presentation of the work proces...
BIPOD 2021| Architecture of a Ruined Body
MaqamatFor the 17th edition of BIPOD- Beirut International Platform of Dance, Maqamat company invites cultural partners in 8 differe...
BIPOD 2020
MaqamatBIPOD - Beirut International Platform of Dance has played a major role in the development and establishment of a contemporary...
#minaret
Omar RajehThe once existing 'monument' represented the city's soul. A monumental portrayal of the cultural, the social, the historical ...
Beytna
Omar Rajeh"Beytna," is a unique dance performance around the concept of sharing, where four choreographers and four musicians from Leba...
Creations
Creation co-created withOmar Rajeh, Mia Habis, Nunzio Perricone, Francesco Ferrari, Guy Hoare, Elise Bruyère, Clara Cafiero, Julie Louise Bjelke, Nada
Creation co-created withSHIFT, Fabbrica Europa, Les SUBS, CND - Centre National de la Danse, Albania Dance Meeting-Festival, Omar Rajeh, Mia Habis
Dance People Festival is more than a three-day event. It is a collective process unfolding over months, bringing together artists, dancers, musicians, thinkers, and local residents around a shared desire to imagine new ways of gathering. This page follows the people, stories, preparations, and discoveries that gradually shape the festival.