creation 2021
Itmahrag
Creation 2021
Choreography for 4 dancers and 3 musicians
Premiere on the 29th of January 2021, La Filature, Mulhouse
Artistic direction and choreography
Olivier Dubois
Creation Assistant
Cyril Accorsi
Interpretation
Musicians : Ali Elcaptin, Ibrahim X, Shobra Elgeneral
Dancers : Ali Abdelfattah, Mohand Qader, Moustafa Jimmy, Mohamed Toto
Music
Composer : François Caffenne & Ali elCaptin
Musician & singers : Ali elCaptin, Ibrahim X, Shobra Elgeneral
Technical director
François Michaudel
Light designer
Emmanuel Gary
Set design
Olivier Dubois & Paf atelier
Living for many years between Paris and Cairo, Olivier Dubois formulates for the first time a singular vision of today’s Egypt: Itmahrag invites us to dive into the heart of a dance that Dubois describes as ‘incendiary’.
« A dance of fire, the fire that turns your blood red, that scares you, that often burns and always warms you. »
Mahraganat made from self-tones voices and slang rhymes saturate the speakers of taxis, street vendors, as well as the ones of both chic and popular weddings, trendy or neighborhood parties.
Within Itmahrag, Olivier Dubois works with this drive of life coming from the youth.
Itmahrag is the result of several months of work in Egypt in partnership with B’sarya for Arts, a new independent space in Alexandria that supports young Egyptian musicians and visual artists. Olivier Dubois’s new creation is the product of a three-month dance training workshop for young performers in partnership with Ezzat Ezzat Contemporary Dance studio in Cairo, a series of music production workshops for young musicians with François Caffenne in Alexandria, and weeks of artistic residency between Fayoum and Cairo – a definitely incredible artistic and human adventure.
Production :
COD – Compagnie Olivier Dubois
Itmahrag is implemented in partnership with B’Sarya for arts in Egypt
Coproductions :
Le CentQuatre-Paris / Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse / Biennale de la danse de Lyon 2021 / Théâtre Paul Eluard (TPE) de Bezons, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national « Art et Création » – danse / Escales Danse, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national « Art et Territoire » – danse / Maison de la Culture d’Amiens – Pôle européen de création et de production / Théâtre de Nîmes – scène conventionnée d’intérêt national – Danse contemporaine / Les Halles de Schaerbeek / JuliDans Amsterdam Festival / RomaEuropa Festival / La Filature, Scène nationale de Mulhouse / Scène conventionnée de Limoges / Festival Paris l’Eté / Festival euro-scene Leipzig, Germany
Partners:
D-CAF Orient Production / The Arab World Institute in Paris / Arab Arts Focus & Studio Emad Eddin Stiftelsen / La SPEDIDAM, société de perception et de distribution qui gère les droits des artistes-interprètes en matière d’enregistrement, de diffusion et de réutilisation des prestations enregistrées / Région Île-de-France / TOD’S
Coproductions B’sarya for arts
The training phase was co-funded by the European Union in collaboration with EUNIC. With the support of the French Institute in Paris.
Olivier Dubois is an associate artist at CENTQUATRE-PARIS
Olivier Dubois Company is supported by the French Ministry of Culture
Olivier Dubois is an associate artist at Théâtre Paul Eluard (TPE) de Bezons, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national « Art et Création » – danse, from 2019, and at Théâtre de Nîmes – scène conventionnée d’intérêt national – Danse contemporaine from 2020