Losing It
by Samaa Wakim & Samar Haddad King
What if you grew up in a war zone? How does that impact your identity?
“Can you still hear the bombs? I can hear them.”
What if you grew up in a war zone? How do you cope as a child when you are exposed to political conflict on a daily basis?
The choreographer and performer Samaa Wakim grew up in the occupied Palestinian territories. During this solo dance performance, she asks herself how these experiences impact her identity. Through movement and sound, she remembers her youth and the imaginary world she created in order to survive. Driven by her own sounds and live music by Samar Haddad King, she goes back and forth between fear and hope, between sounds that used to scare her and sounds that used to bring her comfort.
Thursday 4 April 2024 at 7pm
Kaaistudios
Thursday 4 and Friday 5 April 2024 at 7pm
Kaaistudios
40 mins
Co-creation: Samaa Wakim et Samar Haddad King
Choreography and performance: Samaa Wakim
Music and instrument: Samar Haddad King
Lights: Cord Haldun
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Music: Turathy (Album: Autostrad)
Prayer by: Mounira Wakim
Production: Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre, Khashabi Theatre, and Theaterformen Festival
Production: Samaa Wakim
Coproduction: Theaterformen Festival, Yaa Samar! dance theater & Khashabi theater
Co-producer in Europe: Theaterformen festival en Allemagne
"Losing it" was created as part of the Goethe Institute's "Un|Controlled Gestures?" project (2019-2020).
Creation: 2021 @festival Theaterformen Hanover, Germany.
Delegated production: Sens Interdits
