RADOUAN MRIZIGA

The culture of the Amazigh people of North Africa is passed down from generation to generation through stories, dance and song. Libya celebrates this legacy and seeks to find a different way of writing history. The performers examine this cultural heritage on a stage where the lines of connection are exhibited in a collective journey of exploration. The sounds of Tarab, Ahwach and Tuareg music are fused with rap and other performative elements and a form of non-imperial history emerges that can be perceived as a continuous flow of knowledge, experience and movement through the eight dancers.

The artistic work of Mriziga is noteworthy for its use of dance and choreography as a means to share knowledge with an audience, going beyond the purely aesthetic experience of a performance. What is paramount is the sharing of different forms of knowledge, be it knowledge about space, architecture, the body and its connection to mind and intellect, or, more recently, knowledge about forgotten and repressed narratives. His performances can be described as forms of ‘performed knowledge’, through which he puts forward a committed vision of art as a tool for processing and producing knowledge.

Concept and choreography Radouan Mriziga / With and by Sondos Belhassen, Mahdi Chammem, Hichem Chebli, Bilal El Had, Maïté Minh Tâm Jeannolin, Senda Jebali, Feteh Khiari, Dorothée Munyaneza / Scenography Radouan Mriziga / Costume design Anissa Aidia and Lila John / Light design Radouan Mriziga / Poem contribution ‘And set them alight’ by Asmaa Jama / Assistance Aïcha Ben Miled, Nada Khomsi, Khalil Jegham
Production A7LA5 vzw and L’Art Rue/Dream City / Coproduction Festival de Marseille, L’Art Rue, De Singel, Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, C-Mine, Moussem Nomadic Arts Center / Management and Distribution Something Great