« Told by my mother » A dance performance by Ali Chahrour - Trailer

Описание: About the performance:

"I believe that my aunt Fatima did not pass away because of the cancer that consumed her lungs. She withered the moment she lost all hope of finding her missing son “Hassan”. A postmortem autopsy would have uncovered that her heart was no longer lodged between those motherly ribs."
Says choreographer Ali Chahrour, creator of the dance performance “Told by my mother”.

The dance performance is anchored in genuine stories, intimate and heartfelt. Stories of iconic mothers and their families, some scattered or disappeared.
These stories are told for the memory to survive and to celebrate what is left.
The musical approach takes reference the songs of those very same families on occasions of grief and joy; the audience will discover a living anthology of Arab folk songs cultural heritage.
The performance embodies family hardships and tragedies experienced by Mothers: bodies, voices, and hidden small battles within dwellings of Beirut and its suburbs.
Their voices take the stage, singing, retelling what once has been,and dancing to survive what remains.



Direction & Choreography: Ali Chahrour / Performers: Hala Omran, Leila Chahrour, Abbas Al Mawla, Ali Hout, Abed Kobeissy, Ali Chahrour / Music: Two or The Dragon: Ali Hout & Abed Kobeissy / Scenography Guillaume Tesson, Ali Chahrour / Light design & Technical director: Guillaume Tesson / Sound design: Woody Naufal / Assistant director: Chadi Aoun / Production managers: Chadi Aoun & Christel Salem / Produced by: Ali Chahrour / Photography: Myriam Boulos / Lettering: Khajak Apelian / Layout: Chadi Aoun / Copy-writing: Isabelle Aoun / In Co-production with: Studio Zoukak, the Arab Arts Focus with the support of Stiftelsen, Studio Emad Eddin & Ford Foundation, Napoli Teatro Festival, Saadallah & Lubna Khalil Foundation, Kunstfest Weimar, Zurich Theater Spektakel, Mahmoud Darwish Chair/Bozar / Supported by: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (Afac), The French Institute of Beirut, Beit el Laffe, Barzakh, KED, Mezyan, T-Marbouta, Tawlet, Eid Press.