DANCE PEOPLE
new creation / nominated for the FEDORA VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Dance Prize 2025
DANCE PEOPLE is a choreographic creation that weaves its composition out of the intimate stories of its audience and the creative diversity of its artists. A question of the purpose of space and how its distribution defines the nature of our relationships and our concepts of equality and hierarchy.
Omar Rajeh and Mia Habis, invite several artists, coming from different cultural and artistic backgrounds, to join them in a collective creative process. The aim is to create an interactive performance evening that open the possibilities of sharing the space with an audience.
It is a meeting of Worlds at the heart of a multidisciplinary artistic force. An approach that brings choreographers, composers, architects, writers, activists, and other professionals to create together, while at the same time involving the audience as active participants, in addition to inviting local artists to join the performance, in each city where it is presented.
A new creation by Omar Rajeh Mia Habis & Maqamat, in collaboration with Peggy Olislaegers, L.E.F.T. Architects, Sam Lecoeur & Tamanoir Immersive Studio, Mathias Delplanque, Samir Nasreddine, François Robin, Fabian Thomé, Clara Cafiero, Kinda Gozo, Nunzio Perricone, Jihun Choi, Elise Bruyère, Guy Hoare, Christian François, Jimmy Elias, Amina Onsy, and Sergio Chianca.
A production of Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat
Co-produced by Edinburgh International Festival, Kunstfest Weimar, Euro-Scene Leipzig, International Dance festival München.
Creative residencies at Montpellier Danse, Fabbrica Europa, CN D Lyon, CND Pantin, Festival de Liège/ Manège Fonck
Dance People is a non-conventional performance gathering, with an innovative and deeply engaging artistic approach. It touches on urgent artistic and cultural matters, while exploring the immediate questions of a world in transition.
premiere dates
2025
7, 8, 9 &10 August |Edinburgh International Festival, UK