Facing the Blank Page

premiere 22 April 2011, BIPOD-Beirut International Platform of Dance

In his solo creation, Omar Rajeh collaborates with sound composer Pablo Palacio and questions the presence and materialization of his own body. It is a journey in movement and construction, a spontaneous play of and by the body. Without associations to identity, culture, religion, politics and other labels, would this body be able to stand on its own? And if so, what does it mean?

My body is onstage. It is not seeking representation. It does not carry within it any associations; it is simply being what it is. My body is misread, misinterpreted, victimized, violated, annihilated. It is not seen in its immediacy; rather it is always associated with a pre-conceived idea, word, image, action.  


Duration

60’

Omar Rajeh Choreography / Dance Music Composition Pablo Palacio Costume Designer Mia Habis Photos Bruno Ruffini

A production  of Omar Rajeh | Maqamat

Facing the Blank Page_ touring

2013

March 22 - 23 | Printemps des Sévelin, Théâtre Arsenic, Lausanne, Switzerland

February 1 - 2 | Tanzhaus NRW, Dusseldorf, Germany

January 30 | Internationales Bonner Tanzsolofestival m Theatre Im Ballsaal, Bonn, Germany - 31

2011

September 22 - 23 | Impact 11, Kitchener, Canada

May 14 | Bonlieu Scène Nationale Annecy, France

April 22 | BIPOD- Beirut International Platform of Dance, Lebanon

January 30 | Attakkalari India Biennal, Bangalore, India

January  28 | On Marche Festival, Marrakesh, Morocco

2010

September 25  | Festival Costante Cambiamento, Florence, Italy                                 

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