Magec / the Desert
Radouan Mriziga
When and where?
Friday, 03 october - 9:45 PM
Saturday, 04 october - 9:45 PM
Sunday, 05 october - 9:45 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
What if the desert was a school? A geography of silence, where each grain of sand whispers an ancient knowledge? Magec / the Desert traverses the arid landscapes of the Sahara, the Thar, and the Central Asian steppes, to reexamine our connection to nature, to wisdom, and to all things that escape our control.
Radouan Mriziga composes a choreographic score woven with rhythms, light, and memory. The desert is not empty: it is density, presence, poetry. A land of slowness, interconnection — and resistance. Where silence is believed in, and different forms of knowledge and survival arise. Another way of inhabiting the world.
Drawing inspiration from the artisanal, musical, and spiritual practices of desert peoples, the artwork becomes a meditation in motion, a polyphony of gestures, sounds, and stories. In this sensitive choreography, humanity becomes humble, and nature once again becomes the guide. Magec invites us to slow down, to listen to what the earth has to say. An essential pause. A return to the Elementary.
Duration
Duration: 1h10
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
