Ali Chahrour | Choreographer, Dancer
Born in Beirut, the choreographer and dancer Ali Chahrour, invents a gesture, freed from Western codes and models, which acts as a reflection of his culture and the political, social and religious context in which he evolves. In a previous series of shows, part of his trilogy “Death” -“Fatmeh” (2014), “Leila’s Death” (2015) and “May he Rise and smell the fragrance” (2017) - he summoned funeral liturgies mixing tradition with a sharp modernity. He then undertook a second series of performances devoted to “Love”, with “Night”(2019),
followed by “Told by my Mother” (2021), “Iza Hawa” (2023) and concluded with “The Love Behind My Eyes” that won the ZKB Patronage prize at the 2022 Zurich Theater Spektakel. Combining lyrical poetry and tangled bodies, Ali Chahrour’s performances were presented at Avignon festival in 2016, 2018 and 2022 and in many other festivals around the world. Currently, he is preparing to work on a new trilogy around the theme of “Fear”.