concept, idea and choreography by Radhouane El Meddeb
with Youness Aboulakoul, Philippe Lebhar, Rémi Leblanc-Messager, Arthur Perole
artistic collaboration by Moustapha Ziane
set design by Annie Tolleter
light design Xavier Lazarini
sound design Stéphane Gombert
video Cécile Perraut in collaboration with Feriel Ben Mahmoud
technical staff direction by Xavier Lazarini
administration and production by Thomas Godlewski
production and distribution Gerco de Vroeg
produced by La Compagnie de SOI
in co-production with CENTQUATRE-PARIS, le Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon programme résidences, Centre de Développement Chorégraphique Toulouse / Midi-Pyrénées accueil en résidence, la Filature Scène nationale de Mulhouse, la Ferme du Buisson Scène nationale de Marne la Vallée, le WIP Villette.
with the production support of Arcadi Île-de-France
and help by DRAC Île-de-France, la Fondation Beaumarchais et le Centre National du Théâtre
Radhouane El Meddeb is an associate artist of CENTQUATRE-PARIS. The Company SOI is funded by DRAC Île-de-France / ministère de la Culture et de la Communication au titre de l’Aide aux Compagnies chorégraphiques.
Teatro Trianon Viviani
June 27, H 21.00
timing 1 H
«This artwork – writes Radhouane El Meddeb – was originally meant to be a cabaret project, but during the time of rehearsals and as result of the political events it became something more radical. I understood that I couldn’t use cabaret to celebrate a forgotten world.
The Arabs have lived through some magical times, if we take the films going from the 40’s to the 70’s… their magic was in the papier-maché backdrops, the bogus and sometimes tacky atmospheres.
Au temps où les Arabes dansaient… is a distant echo recalling songs and dances; they are captured in the sweetness of their hope and memory, in the excitement of the hearts and bodies involved».
