Laaroussa Quartet
Selma & Sofiane Ouissi
When and where?
Thursday, 16 october - 7:00 PM
Friday, 17 october - 7:00 PM
Saturday, 18 october - 7:00 PM
Sunday, 19 october - 7:00 PM
Cinéma Théâtre Le Rio
Concept, Dramaturgy and Choreography Selma and Sofiane Ouissi
Sound and Musical Dramaturgy Tom Pauwels
Musical Composition Aisha Orazbayeva
Mixing Peiman Khosravi
Set Design and Lighting Simon Siegmann
Sound Design Raphaël Henard
Stage Management Mohamed Hedi Bekhir
Video Nicola Sburlati
Image Cecil Thuillier, Pierre Déjon
Sound recording Jonathan Le Fourn
Costumes Sabrina Seifried
Poetry collection, transcription and translation Besma El Euchi
Research Ophélie Naess
Interpreters Aisha Orazbayeva, Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Chedlia Saïdani, Marina Delicado, Moya Michael, Sondos Belhassen
Dream City 2025 / L’Art Rue
Coproduction : le Festival d’Avignon, Charleroi Danse, Ictus Ensemble, KVS, P.A.R.T.S., le Théâtre National Tunisien, la Sharjah Art Foundation, la Fondation Heinrich Böll Stiftung (Tunis) et l’Institut Français de Tunisie.
Laaroussa Quartet, A Free Body That Invents Its Own Movements.
In Sejnane, women shape clay dolls as if they are weaving a memory, right from the earth, right from their hands. Selma and Sofiane Ouissi have collected their movements, their silence and their skill.
From this transmission, Laaroussa Quartet emerges as an artistic work rooted in the present, where six performers reactivate the score of an ancestral movement, mixing ritual and resistance. At the intersection of art and craftsmanship, this plural form blends dance, live music, video installation, and performative presence.
The body becomes a living archive. The scene, a workshop of meaning and transmission. The projected film, the burning trace of hands that know. The artwork questions the artisan bodies: those who create, transmit, resist; those who carry memory in their breath and in their palms. Between tribute and documentary, Laaroussa Quartet explores what seemingly innocuous movements can say. Each movement carries a memory. Each breath connects generations. It's a dance of the earth, a silent song, a call to look differently at what persists, what is transmitted, and what continues to stand tall.
Women Potters – Immersion Phase and Transmission of the Ancestral Craft to the Performers :
Jemaa Selmi, Cherifa Saïdani, Lamia Saïdani, Habiba Saïdani, Aljia Saïdani, Sabiha Ayari, Emna Saïdani, Chedlia Saïdani,
Women potters in the video:
Malika Saïdani, Naïma Saïdani, Najia Saïdani, Habiba Saïdani, Naziha Jemiï, Hada Riahi, Dalila Riahi, Sabiha Mechergui, Naïma Chatti, Fatma Saïdani, Sassia Riahi, Sabiha Saïdani, Fadhila Saïdani, Dalila Wassila Saïdani, Hanen Saïdani, Halima Maalaoui, Cherifa Riahi, Houda Jemiï, Aïda Jemiï, Aïcha Rebeh Jemiï, Aziza jemiï, Aljia Jmii, Hajer Saïdani, Sassia Saïdani, Fatma Saïdani, Habiba Saïdani, Habiba Saliha Saïdani, Sabiha Ayari, Safia Saïdani, Halima Saïdani, Aljia Saïdani, Jemâa Selmi, Cherifa Saïdani, Lamia Saïdani, Hadda Saïdani, Jannet Ghouili, Salouha Saïdani, Hada Saïda Saïdani, Jannet Saïdani, Hidhba Saïdani, Khaoula Saïdani, Habiba Ayari, Saliha Saïdani, Emna Saïdani, Salha Stili, Naziha Saïdani, Sabiha Saïdani, Maryam Saïdani, Fadhila Saïdani, Tounes Saïdani, Radhia Maalaoui, Kaouther Saïdani, Zina Mechergui.
cult.news | Laaroussa Quartet de Selma & Sofiane Ouissi : un geste qui fait corps | par Marie Anezin | article en français
FESTIVAL D'AVIGNON | La matinale avec Selma et Sofiane Ouissi pour "Laaroussa Quartet", 06 juillet 2025 | interview en français
Libération | Festival d’Avignon : «Laaroussa Quartet» de Selma et Sofiane Ouissi, un spectacle pétri de beauté | article in French
Le Dauphiné Liberté | « Laaroussa Quartet », évasion artistique dans les montagnes de Tunisie | article in French
l'Humanité | « Laaroussa Quartet » : une chorégraphie pour un geste artisan au Festival d’Avignon | article in French
RFI | Le 79ème festival d'Avignon entre dans la danse avec Laaroussa Quartet | article in French
Le Monde | Au Festival d’Avignon, « Laaroussa Quartet », création poétique autour d’une poupée en terre sculptée | article in French
COUP D'OEIL | Larroussa Quartet : Et que dansent les potières de l’Atlas | article in French
MCD | للرّقص كونشيرتو أيضًا، يعزفه البحر في مهرجان أفينيون المسرحي | article in arabic
La Presse | Sofiane Ouissi à la Presse : « Tout est parti d’une injustice… » | article in French
Duration
Duration: 1 h
Price information
Single ticket: 5 DT
Reduced rate: 3 DT for students on presentation of student card for childrens < 12 years old
Free: for residents of the medina on presentation of proof of residence
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