Four choreographers and four musicians coming from Lebanon, Japan, Palestine, Belgium, and Togo are meeting onstage over a banquet of food. They are coming from different continents, cultures, and countries. They have different artistic experiences, with different backgrounds and ideas. What connects them is their profession. They talk, drink, laugh, dance, and eat together.

The simplicity of this meeting would be a starting point to a more complex choreographic and conceptual performance structure. 'Beytna' is a simple invitation to the home of the other; health, happiness, pleasure, compassion, and friendship. It is an invitation to the artist's profession and choreographic construction as much as it is to the forms and situations of the past.

 

Concept and choreography : Omar Rajeh

Choreographed by : Koen Augustijnen, Omar Rajeh, Anani Sanouvi, and Seungju Lee

Music : CompositionZiad Ahmadie, Youssef Hbeisch, Samir Nasr Eddine

Performed by : Koen Augustijnen, Ziad Ahmadie, May Bou Matar, Jihun Choi , Youssef Hbeisch, Samir Nasr Eddine, Omar Rajeh, Afif Merhej, Imad Balani, Anani Sanouvi PercussionYoussef Hbeisch, Joss Turnbul

Voice : Nohad Rajeh

Scenography : Omar Rajeh

costumes : Mia Habis

Technical Director : Christian Francois

Sound Engineer : Jean-Christophe Batut, Philippe Balzé

Lighting design : Victor Duran Manzano, Christian François

Graphic design & video animation : Joe Elias/Nimslabs

Administrateur : Jean-Louis Pagnon

 

A productionofOmar Rajeh | Maqamat Co-produced byBIPOD-Beirut International Platform of Dance, Tanzquartier Wien, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, CCN de La Rochelle / Cie Accrorap-Direction Kader Attou, Theater im Pfalzbau-Ludwigshafen, and Fondazione Fabbrica Europa.

Beytna was first created with Le Trio Joubran