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Badke(remix)
VIERNULVIER
  • Wed 24.09
    20:00 - 21:00
    De Vooruit, Gent
    THEATERZAAL
    last tickets
  • Thu 25.09
    20:00 - 21:00
    De Vooruit, Gent
    THEATERZAAL
    Tickets

Dancing as a form of resistance

In 2013, Koen Augustijnen, Rosalba Torres, and Hildegard De Vuyst created Badke, a dance performance featuring ten Palestinian performers that toured the world. Now, Palestinian choreographers Amir Sabra and Ata Khatab breathe new life into this modern classic.

Dabke — traditionally danced at Palestinian (wedding) celebrations — undergoes a captivating transformation. With backgrounds in traditional dabke, contemporary dance, hip-hop, capoeira, and circus, the performers present a vibrant, modern take on this festive dance form. An explosion of joy and togetherness, Badke(remix) becomes an antidote to the harsh realities that lurk beneath the festive surface. Here, the will to live and the urge to dance become a form of resistance.

“An irresistible collective energy presents a different image of Palestine through a vital and joyful dance.” Le Soir, Jean-Marie Wynants, on Badke (2013)

Free Palestine

Part of

choreography: Amir Sabra en Ata Khatab - dance en creation: Bresa Ayub, Dima Zahran, Hala Salem, Hamza Damra, Jassi Murad, Marah Haj, Mohammed Khweirah, Rebecca Kaoud, Rima Baransi, Samer Raya, Shahed Jabarin, Yousef Sbieh - soundtrack: Naser Al-Fares, bewerking door Sam Serruys - artistic assistant Abdallah Damra - sound: Hanne Nuyttens -light: Ine Van Bortel - based on Badke 2013 of: Koen Augustijnen, Rosalba Torres Guerrero, Hildegard De Vuyst - touring: Sepehr Sharifzadeh (laGeste) - production: laGeste | Stereo48 - co-production: KVS | Viernulvier - in collaboration with Siamese Cie (Gloed vzw) - with the support of City of Ghent, Flemish Authorities and the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter measure through Flanders Tax Shelter