Where can we travel when we dance in communion?

national premiere

Tarab 5
Tarab 4
Tarab 3
Tarab 2
Tarab

Tarab is a celebration based on a concept by choreographer Eric Minh Cuong Castaing, reinvented with musician Rayess Bek and performed by six dancers from Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon. Inspired by dances such as the dabkeh and the taa'kib and accompanied by around 60 performers, 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

free entry
2H30
16+

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 


With the participation of
Alex Santos, André Barros, Antón Yanguas, António Moreira, Catarina Cruz, Diogo Martins, Diogo Santos, Donya Mossayebi, Elaine Vianna, Emanuel Santos, Ethan Salvatierra, Fernanda Aldrighi, Filipa Dias, Francisca Oliveira, Fritz Mende, Gabriela Leão, Inês Tecedeiro, Íris Silva, Ivo Silva, Joana Vieira, João Moniz, José Varela, Leonor Lavrador, Liona Ionova, Luana Carneiro, Márcia Gomes, Maria Cardoso, Maria Correia, Maria Couto, Maria Thedim, Maria Torres, Mariana Barbosa, Mariana Silva Costa, Marta Carvalho, Marta Cunha, Miguel Araújo, Miguel Bras, Miguel Oliveira, Nokas Maria, Rita Silva, Rui Azevedo, Sofia Príncipe, Sónia Faro, Thalia Agapaki, Vasco Batista, Vasco Costa, Willow Silva, Yü


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 

Performance presented within the scope of Dançar na Primavera, a programme supported by the Institut français.

Observations

Spoken in English

Accessibility

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No subtitling in Portuguese
No chair seating
More limited access
Loud or intense sounds
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