ماحلى خیالك [Beautiful Shadows]
Ahmed Ayed BE
L’exil et les ombres
Four dancers and a musician, all with backgrounds shaped by exile, invite us into a living ritual, exploring the traces left behind when we are forced to leave a country, a childhood, a home: traces etched into places and memories, traces that time cannot erase.
Like the enduring shadow cast on a wall by someone who is no longer there, memory remains. It surfaces unexpectedly, bringing the bustle of the present to a brief halt. It settles into a gesture, the scent of coffee, a song in the distance, an inner rhythm that you carry with you wherever you go, like the home you have never entirely left behind.
ماحلى خﯾالك [Beautiful Shadows] is the second production by Ahmed Ayed to be presented at Les Brigittines, following … And Nobody Else (2024).
Représentations
TicketsConcept, choreography and direction Ahmed Ayed
Performers Nadim Bahsoun, Rania Barhoumi, Rima Baransi, Mehdi Dahkan, Jawhar Basti
Choreographic collaboration Sara Angelucci
Music composition Jawhar
Assistant director Pauline Desmarets
Dramaturgy Patrick Michel
Costumes WE218 W
Set design Florian Pugnaire
Technical director Tom Vincke
Lighting design Suzanna Bauer
Production, distribution Lauréline Bombaert – MoDul
Executive production MoDul, Collectif ILLICIUM
Co-production Les Brigittines, Mars – Mons Arts de la Scène, Charleroi danse – Centre chorégraphique Wallonie-Bruxelles, La Coop et Shelter Prod
With the support of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service de la Danse, taxshelter.be, ING et du Tax Shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge
Residencies at L’Escaut, Studio Thor, Ultima Vez
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