The extreme body is not limited to a movement towards death but goes towards a renewed desire to live. Sketching the traces that religion has left on the body, Said Ait El Moumen and his brother Zakaria experience and deliver a physical memory of the mind. No jinns, no demons, no angels. The absolute is an empty space. Men are introduced to its presence then collide violently at its corners. Man handles a trance and then reconciles his memories, the sacred marks, then abandons the sacrifice. Ceremony of joy and sorrow, between punishment and prayer, the soul needs: chaos of bones, dance of muscles, blood traces, as if the ecstasy was to fall outside of oneself. Everything is passing.
Saïd Ait El Moumen - Cie. Anania (Morocco):
After studying percussions for ten years, Saïd Aït El Moumen chose to pursue contemporary dance and trained with: George Appaix, Hella Fattoumi, Sam Louwick, Bernardo Montet, Mathilde Monnier and Fatou Traoré, to name a few. In 2002, he created his first solo 'Wahdi', which made a pulse for his personal research that is today based on the relationship between the body and the environment, which surrounds it like a source of creation. In the same year, he joined Taoufiq Izeddiou and Bouchra Ouizguen to found the first Moroccan company of contemporary dance ANANIA, during Fina Ken' Ti in which he was a dancer. After ensuring a teaching position in Al Mokhtabar, a formation organized by ANANIA Company, he was invited by the National Choreographic Center of Montpellier to take part in E.X.E.R.C.E residence 2004. Immediately after, he worked on the musical design of creation Cœur Sans Corps of Taoufiq Izeddiou and revived Wahdi. In parallel, he works on projects of artistic interdisciplinary exchange: a space of choreographic exchange "open dialogues" for the Teachers of Dance in Biella, Italy in collaboration with Fondazione Pistoletto; Cross Borders artistic tour of the Levant (Lebanon, Palestine) (dance, visual arts); research on Moroccan music with Increpaciòn Danza Co.; co organizer of On Marche The International Contemporary Dance Festival of Marrakech.
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Part of the BIPOD 2011: The Arab Dance Platform 2nd Edition Beirut Theatre Graham Street Ain El Mreisseh Tel.: +9611363328
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