national premiere
Tarab is a celebration based on a concept by choreographer Eric Minh Cuong Castaing, reinvented with musician Rayess Bek and performed by eight dancers from Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon. Inspired by dances such as the dabkeh and the taa'kib and accompanied by a hundred fellow dancers, they gradually draw the audience in, enthralled by their social dances combining tradition and contemporary movements, giving free rein to sensations, experiences and emotions in a vast collective surge. Tarab is the voice of poetry, music and song; it arouses intense emotion, an almost ecstatic state. — Éric Minh Cuong Castaing / Compagnie Shōnen
national premiere
Credits
Conception
Eric Minh Cuong Castaing
Musical creation and performance
Rayess Bek
Choreography in collaboration with the dancers
Nadim Bahsoun, Aly Khamees, Ashtar Muallem, Nancy Naser Al Deen, Mohand Qader, Mohanad Smama
Choreographic perspective and vocal work
Aloun Marchal
Dramaturgic perspective
Marine Relinger
Lighting
Sébastien Lefèvre
Poetic research
Mumen Khalifa, Mahmoud Al Haj, Myuz Gaza Crew
Thanks to
Mohamed Fouad, Suzanne Groothuis, Rosa Berder
Produced by
Shōnen
Administration
Maxime Kottmann
Production manager
Carla Alberny
Communication manager
Dana Galindo
Co-produced by
Charleroi Danse, Département des Bouches du Rhône
Observations
Spoken in English
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