Bassam Abou Diab
"Under the Flesh"

Performance in Arabic with live English translation
3 August 2024
20.30 - 21.20 H
HochX Theatre and Live Art

Tickets

22,- EUR / 12,- EUR / 30,- EUR supporting price
 
barrier-free

"Under the Flesh" tells - without pathos or cynicism - the story of a body scarred by never-ending wars. How does this body react to the threat of death? What tools has it developed to survive? For the Lebanese artist Bassam Abou Diab, dance became a survival strategy – a dance with clear rules and its own techniques as a response to the cruel machinery of war, as a way of dealing with feelings of fear, panic and despair and as a way of resurrecting again and again. Together with musician Ali Hout, Bassam Abou Diab creates a masterful dance piece that celebrates art as a space of freedom.

Bassam Abou Diab came to contemporary dance via spoken theater and traditional Lebanese dabke. He was a member of Omar Rajeh's company Maqamat for several years, which co-produced his performance "Under the Flesh" in 2016. In 2021, he founded the Beirut Physical Lab, which is dedicated to promoting emerging dance talents through training, performances and international partnerships.

Choreography and direction: Bassam Abou Diab
Performance: Bassam Abou Diab, Ali Hout
Music: Samah Tarabay, Ayman Sharaf El Dine

Co-production: Maqamat Beit El Raqs

Guest performance funding: Goethe Institute