After ten days of research residency for our new creation ATLAS at the Scène National Carré-Colonnes, France, we will present our work at the Sortie de Résidence on Thursday, 31.10.2024 at 17:30h at Les Colonnes in Blanquefort!
CIE CHARA
Cie Chara is a Moroccan-German dance company based in Casablanca, founded in 2022 by Yassine “Yoriyas” Alaoui Ismaili and Friederike “Frieda” Frost with the vision of creating dance theatre pieces with local dancers, inspired by moroccan culture, everyday life and urban dance.
The creations of Cie Chara are a “window” to moroccan culture and codes, far from orientalist phantasies or colonialist views, that the audience is invited to discover.
Each creation tells through a unique, urban, and artistic approach the inspirations, observations and personal experiences in Morocco, of tradition and modernity, cultural heritage and today’s happenings, combined with the uniqueness of the dancers and choreographers.
HIT 7AYT, Cie Chara, credit: Yoriyas 
atlas, Cie Chara, credit: Yoriyas 
HIT 7AYT, Cie Chara, credit: Lahib Charaf 
Cie Chara, credit: Yoriyas 
SELAM, Cie Chara, credit: Yoriyas 
HIT 7AYT, Cie Chara, credit: Yoriyas 
atlas, Cie Chara, credit: Yoriyas 
HIT 7AYT, Cie Chara, credit: Yoriyas 
SELAM, Cie Chara, credit: Yoriyas 
HIT 7AYT, Cie Chara, credit: Yoriyas 
The first creation HIT 7AYT حايط حيث (because of the wall) (2022-2023) is inspired by the city Casablanca, the private and public space – seperated by walls -, its inhabitants and movements of daily life. It is coproduced by Schouwburg Kortrijk (Belgium) and was premiered at the Tanz NRW Festival 2023 (Germany).
The creation SELAM (2023) is a short piece that brings the city of Casablanca into the public space, combining the participatory and entertaining elements of urban dance with Moroccan culture and the intimate atmosphere of dance theater.
The new creation atlas (2023-ongoing) explores the concept of calm, the place of spirituality, human and animal bodies and movements. It is inspired by the Atlas region in Morocco.
Learn more about the creations here and about upcoming performances, residencies and open studios here!
Latest NEWS
-
Sortie de Résidence for new creation ATLAS
-
HIT 7AYT on 11.10. in Casablanca!
We are performing HIT 7AYT in Casablanca at the Villa des Arts on 11.10.2024 at 19:30h in the festival Les Rencontres Chorégraphiques.
Casablanca is the inspiration for HIT 7AYT! We are happy to bring back our piece to the city where everything began. Join us!
-
HIT 7AYT at Festival Break Machine 05.10.2024
On 05.10.2024 we will play HIT 7AYT at the festival BREAK MACHINE in Namur. Don’t miss the festival with exciting urban dance theater pieces that is organised by Wal’Style at the Le Theatre & CCN Namur! See you there?
CIE CHARA 