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Country: Lebanon Genre: Dance performance Duration: 1h10mins Language:  --

About:

Catastrophe: Violent crisis during which the subject, experiencing the amorous situation as a definitive impasse, a trap from which he can never escape, sees himself doomed to total destruction. Roland Barthes: A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments Layl (Night) is a dance performance that derives its aesthetic inspiration from the subtleties of Arabic poetry. From poems about passion, the meaning of love, as well as the ruthlessness of separation, it references both the history of the Levant and Mesopotamia, and contemporary narratives about the fate of lovers who violated social or religious systems only to be punished with separation. The performance traces the metamorphosis of lovers resisting separation, up until the point at which their exhausted bodies – and the performative act – collapse, signaling the impossibility of further action. Revealing the fragility of the lover and the performer, the stage turns into a post-battle scene; whether the audience perceive this as birth or death of its protagonists is left open.

Cast & credits:

-Directer & choreographer: Ali Chahrour -Performers: Hala Omran, Aya Metwalli, Simona Abdallah, Sharif Sehnaoui & Ali Chahrour -Dramaturgist: Junaid Sarieddine -Light designer: Guillaume Tesson -Sound designer: Khyam Allami or Mathilde Daucy -Stage manager & Assistant Director: Haera Slim -Production Manager: Christel Salem, Haera Slim -Graphic designer & Communications: Be-kult -Production: Cie Ali Chahrour -Photo credits: Alain Monot Co-produced by: Zoukak Studio, Studio Emad Eddin, Stiftelsen with the support of the Ford Foundation, Fonds de Dotation du Quartz (Brest) Night was partially developed at the 2018 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab in Morocco with continued support from its post-Lab Support Initiative. Co-commissioned by: Fisher Center, Bard.

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Touring Details:

• Number In Company: 7 p
• Set: Transported from Beirut
• Setup: 1 Set up and Rehearsal Day
• Stage dimensions and capacities:
• Width: 10m (min) - 14m (max)
• Depth: 10m (min) - 14m (max)
• Minimum height under pipe: 6 m