Magec / the Desert
Radouan Mriziga
When and where?
Friday, 03 october - 12:00 PM
Saturday, 04 october - 12:00 PM
Sunday, 05 october - 12:00 PM
Zaouia Sidi Ali Chiha
Concept, choreography & scenography: Radouan Mriziga
Created with and performed by: Robin Haghi, Bilal El Had, Hichem Chebli, Feteh Khiari,
Sofiane El Boukhari, Nathan Félix
Music & sound design: Deena Abdelwahed
Video: Senda Jebali
Costume design: Salah Barka
Assistant costume designer: Rim Abbes
Research: Maïa Tellit Hawad
Text: Mahmoudan Hawad
Technical director: Zouheir Atbane
Technician: Dries Van de Velde
Production & tour manager: Emna Essoussi
Company management: Cees Vossen
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Coproduction: Sharjah Art Foundation, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Festival d'Automne, de Singel, Festival d’Avignon, Pact Zollverein, Culturescapes, Tanz im August/HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Thanks to: Destelheide & L'Art Rue/Dream City
In a world driven by human ambition and technology, the mountain, desert, and sea remain untamed spaces beyond control. Magec / the Desert explores vast, arid landscapes, uncovering their wisdom and rethinking humanity’s relationship with nature. From the Sahara to the Thar and the steppes of Central Asia, deserts emerge as spaces of reflection, where human smallness is revealed, and myth, literature, and cultural knowledge take shape.
Radouan Mriziga’s choreography views the desert not as a void but as a geography of wisdom, demanding humility and reciprocity instead of dominance. The work investigates the rhythms, ecologies, and knowledge systems of the desert, anchored by symbols like the sundial—measuring time through light, shadow, and land. Drawing on crafts, music, and embodied practices of desert cultures, it explores harmony and interconnectedness, showing how the desert teaches abundance through its quiet vastness.
Mriziga’s collaborative practice interweaves rhythm, text, movement, and sound into a polyphony of perspectives. Like the layered textures of the desert, the performance resists singularity, offering a sensory and intellectual complexity. Magec / the Desert invites audiences to pause and engage with the intelligence of nature, opening space for reflection and returning to the elemental.
Practical information
Zaouia Sidi Ali Chiha
3th, 4th and 5 october
Duration
1h10