The digital era is shaking up our habits and our fields of perception. But the digital world is also an opportunity to rethin...
Omar Rajeh
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.
Beyrouth Janue - 2002
“[Omar Rajeh] makes contemporary dance a proposal of force in present day Lebanon”
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Events
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...
Creations
Creation co-created withSHIFT, Maqamat, Fabbrica Europa, Les SUBS, CND - Centre National de la Danse, Albania Dance Meeting-Festival, 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.
Creation co-created withMaqamat, Mia Habis, Nunzio Perricone, Francesco Ferrari, Guy Hoare, Elise Bruyère
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