About Imed Jemaa

Imed Jemaa is a Tunisian dancer and choreographer. He is considered one of the pioneers of con-temporary Tunisian dance. A martial arts enthusiast, a classical and later contemporary dancer, he founded his company, the Théâtre de la Danse, in 1989. He was selected at the Rencontres de Bagnolet in 1992 with "Nuit blanche" and, in 1994, received the silver medal for best choreography for the Games of La Francophonie held in Paris. A dancer with the Tunisian National Ballet from 1990-1991, he is the interpreter of “Histoires d’elles” in a choreography by Odile Cougoule. He worked at the Tunisian National Ballet until 1996. In 1998, he launched the project of a Mediterra-nean choreography center in Tunis, with “Çabra,” a show dedicated to Algeria.

About Nejib Khalfallah

Nejib Khalfallah is considered among the pioneers of dance in Tunisia. He began in 1984 and joined the contemporary dance workshop created by dancer and choreographer Imed Jemaa. In 1992, he participated with Jemaa in the choreographic creation “Nuit Blanche”, which won first prize at the Bagnolet Festival. During the 1990s, he worked with and participated in several artistic creations created by big names in dance and theater in Tunisia, like Raja Ben Ammar and Taoufik Jebali. From 1993 to 2020, Nejib Ben Khalfallah produced and staged choreographic shows. On April 3, 2017, he was attacked by several people following controversy created by his show “Fausse Couche,” which in its Arabic name (Arabic: ألهاكم التّكاثر ou Alhakom Al-Takathor) was interpreted by some as sacrile-gious. Nejib Khalfallah died in 2020.