THE POWER (of) THE FRAGILE • Mohamed Toukabri • ONE DANCE WEEK 2023

THE POWER (of) THE FRAGILE
Mohamed Toukabri (BELGIUM)
28.05.2023
ONE DANCE WEEK 2023
Boris Hristov House of Culture, Plovdiv
Start: 6 PM
One flesh and blood, one root, two generations and two separate worlds. They will finally come together. One flesh and blood, one root, two generations and two separate worlds. They will finally come together. On stage, mother and son reunite after years of separation to look at each other and, through dance, build a space where they feel at home. A home is a place, but it might be a feeling too - as fragile as strong enough to replicate anywhere. In the theatre room, in an unfamiliar city, in the past and in the future.
She always dreamed of being a dancer, he made dance his profession. The duet of the Tunisian choreographer Mohamed Toukabri, based in Belgium, and his mother Latifa is a crossing of the lines of their physical bodies, dreams, searches, and lives. They show the audience their reunion, which does not need to be acted out as it happens in a natural, delicate and intimate way.
The piece is a beautiful and tender dance story about the bond between mother and son, but also about the importance of home when you are near and when you are far.It is about striving to be in a safe place, under the roof of love and shared care with your closest ones. There, you are genuine, natural, and honest. And there, you can be anything - worthy, accepted, appreciated, vulnerable, weak, powerless.
Home is the strength (of) human frailty, value and fiction, windows and walls, and however we know or fantasize about it, we all return there, regardless of race, religion, social class, or sexual orientation, no matter anything.
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Concept and choreography: Mohamed Toukabri
Performance: Mimouna (Latifa) Khamessi and Mohamed Toukabri
Dramaturgy: Diane Fourdrignier
Technical Direction and scenography: Lies VanLoock
Technical coordination tour: Matthieu Vergez
Sound design and artistic advice: Annalena Fröhlich
Sound technician: Paola Pisciottano
Costume design: Ellada Damianou
Research & development: Eva Blaute
Executive production: Caravan Production
Coproduction: Needcompany, Vooruit, Beursschouwburg, Dansens Hus Oslo
Residency support
Cultuurcentrum De Factorij, Needcompany, Vooruit, Charleroi Danse
With the support of The Flemish Authorities and the Flemish Community Commission
Photography: Christian Tandberg - Dansens Hus Osl