HIT 7AYT حايط حيث (because of the wall) is inspired by the city of Casablanca and its inhabitants, gestures, and choreographies of daily Moroccan life. Four dancers with roots in urban dance transform these movements of daily life into details, intentions and urgencies. They explore the walls in the city as a separation and connection between public and private space, as sites of observation or limits of movement. Memories of family and friend’s gatherings, meetings with friends or strangers are transformed to physical movements and present a bodily vision of a Moroccan society between observation and individuality, tradition and innovation.
Dance: El Houssine Ait Belbaz, Mohamed Bouriri, Mohammed Guechri/Omar Bourich, Othman Oubella
Choreography: Yassine Alaoui Ismaili & Friederike Frost
Dramaturgy: Mijke Harmsen
Music: Antonio de Luca, Gregor Schwellenbach, Abdellah M. Hassak, Massive Attack
Created in residencies at Tazi Fondation/L’Uzine Casablanca, FOCUS DANSE Rabat, Détours Festival/Centre Culturel Bruegel Bruxelles, American Art Center Casablanca, Grand Studio Bruxelles, AGORA/Montpellier Danse (in the frame of the laureate of TAKLIF 2024 Festival ‘On Marche’ Marrakech)
in coproduction with Schouwburg Kortrijk
