Datum der Aufzeichnung: 11.10.2013

Ort: TQW / Halle G

Madame Plaza is the name of one of the oldest cabarets in Marrakesh. In the eponymous work, the Moroccan choreographer Bouchra Ouizguen works with three women who appear at celebrations, weddings and in nightclubs. These ›Shikhat‹ have a contradictory social position in present-day Morocco. They are admired and sought after for their powerful voices and sensual movements, and at the same time they meet with rejection because with the exhibition of their intimate life they overstep the boundaries of what is socially accepted.

Bouchra Ouizguen – trained in oriental and European contemporary dance – is one of the most important representatives of the vital and aspiring dance scenes in North Africa. Together with the Aïta singers from her homeland, in Madame Plaza she has created a surprising encounter between longing, hopes and situations: a choreography of the individual search for freedom, which through the voices and bodies of the women opens up far beyond the boundaries of countries and cultures.

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CHOREOGRAPHY: Bouchra Ouizguen

DANCE AND SONGS: Fatima Elhanna, Kabboura Aït Ben Hmad, Naïma Sahmoud, Bouchra Ouizguen

MUSIC: Ahat by Youssef El Mejjad, Adegarasu by Shin-Nai

LIGHT: Yves Godin

LIGHT PRODUCTION: Thalie Lurault

COSTUME: Nourredine Amir

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Fanny Virelizier

PRODUCTION: Compagnie ANANIA

WITH SUPPORT BY: Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle de l’Ambassade de France à Rabat, Département Afrique et Caraïbes en créations de Culturesfrance – Ministère des Affaires étrangères

COPRODUCTION: Fabbrica Europa, Montpellier Danse

LOGISTIC SUPPORT: Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels de Marrakech, Institut Français