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Israel & Mohamed

July 10th – 23rd, 2025 Festival d’Avignon, Avignon
October 7th, 2025 La Halle aux Grains, Blois
November 26th – 30th, 2025 Théâtre National, Brussels
December 10th – 20th, 2025 Festival d’Automne, Paris
January 8th – 9th, 2026 Scène Nationale de l’Essonne, Essonne
January 30th – 31st, 2026 Le Volcan, Le Havre
February 3rd – 4th, 2026 TANDEM, Douai
February 10th – 14th, 2026 TNB, Rennes
75 minutes

An Exciting Encounter

© Yohanne Lamoulère / Tendance Floue

One of them creates documentary-inspired theatre, films, and installations. The other is a virtuoso and iconoclastic flamenco dancer. By placing their first names side by side, Mohamed El Khatib and Israel Galván attempt to bridge the gap between their artistic worlds and practices as well as between their personal journeys, through a dialogue across the Mediterranean where differences prove as fruitful as affinities. Together, under the bewildered gaze of their fathers, they search for a common language rooted in the body, its wounds, and its scars. Taking their meeting and the sharing of their intimate, familial, and professional stories as a starting point, they explore – as a duo – the concepts of a living archive and a documentary dance.

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Benelux

Ali Chahrour – When I Saw the Sea

June 2nd – 3rd, 2025 HAU, Berlin
June 11th, 2025 Les Rencontres à l’Échelle, Marseille
June 24th – 25th, 2025 Festival Theaterformen, Hannover
July 5th – 8th, 2025 Festival d’Avignon, Avignon
December 9th – 11th, 2025 Les Tanneurs, Brussels
70 minutes

A Celebration of Life

© Lea Skayem

The internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Ali Chahrour has created a language inspired by Arab myths and by the political, social, and religious context of his country. Through it, he explores the deep relationships between the body and movement, between tradition and modernity.

His new work When I Saw the Sea unfolds on a minimalist stage: the activists Rania, Zena and Tenei – the last two came to Lebanon as migrant workers – embark on a powerful journey of their previously unheard stories through dance, theatre and music. In doing so, they give a voice to countless other labourers from countries such as Cameroon, Sudan and Sierra Leone – people who have been deprived of their rights by the kafala system, which is similar to serfdom – and thus create a deep insight into the political and social reality of Lebanon. 

When I saw the Sea highlights the abuses of this repressive labour system while paying tribute to the courage and resistance of women fighting for justice and freedom. With a mixture of personal and collective testimonies, the work touches on themes such as love, motherhood, war, exile and home. With the music of Abed Kobeissy and the soulful voice of singer Lynn Adib, this is a determined celebration of life, rising above the pain of past struggles.

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Simone Mousset & M. Chevalier – The Great Chevalier

March 7th, 2025 Festival ARTDANTHE, Vanves
April 2nd – 4th, 2025 TROIS C-L, Luxembourg
May 25th, 2025 Abbaye de Royaumont, Asnières-sur-Oise
May 30th – June 1st, 2025 Villa Vauban, Luxembourg
July 5th – 24th, 2025 Festival d’Avignon, Avignon
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The Enfant Terrible of Contemporary Folk Dance

© Thierry Claude

Universally hailed as the enfant terrible of contemporary folk dance, Mr Chevalier is the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg’s flamboyant new artistic director – and together with his co-director Simone Mousset he will come to you for the first time with an exclusive solo tour! Renowned in dance industry for his expertise, bold artistic vision, and magnetic stage presence, Mr Chevalier will tour the world and pay tribute to all the venues that have contributed to the success of the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg in the past. 

The Great Chevalier Tour coincides with the 50 year anniversary of the company’s most famous ballet, Josiane, the Country Girl, and on his various appearances, Mr Chevalier will perform among others the iconic Pigeon Dance, an emblematic classic from Josiane, the Country Girl. An unsurpassed expert in the field, Mr Chevalier will respond to the particular histories that link each venue with the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg’s past, and audiences can expect to discover his unique blend of charisma and virtuosity as they are invited into these shared histories and the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg’s rich cultural heritage.

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