Bassam Abou Diab and Simea Cavelti explored a choreographic journey during a five-week dance LAB with seven emerging performers in Beirut and Hammana. They researched the notion of a personal and cultural archive of the body through movement. This performance is the result of a process-focused collaboration between the choreographers, the LAB participants, and the musicians Paed Conca and Ali Hout. Unusual, yet familiar, gestures evolve to create raw and tender metaphors. 

How can memories, our responses to chaos, and desires be embodied through physical textures, sound, and form? This project has been organized by Beirut Physical Lab and Simea Cavelti and is supported by Hammana Artist House, Pro Helvetia Cairo, Embassy of Switzerland to Lebanon and Syria, and private donors. 

Co-creation: Simea Cavelti, Bassam Abou Diab Performance: Samer Zaher, Omar El-Bakeer, Yara Khoury, Andrea Fahed, Miran Malaeb, Natasha Karam, Dalia Khalife Music: Paed Conca, Ali Hout Video & editing: Hadi Bou Ayash Photography: Ibrahim Dirani, Hadi Bou Ayash Graphic Design: Carla Aouad Studio space in Beirut: Koon Theatre and Amalgam Production: Beirut Physical Lab & Pomegranate Seed | Simea Cavelti 

More information about the Dance LAB: www.dancelablebanon.com