Basel Archives - Dancephere

August 21st – 23rd, 2025 Tanz Im August, Berlin
October 3rd – 5th, 2025 Dream City Festival, Tunis
October 9th – 10th, 2025 Culturescapes, Basel
October 15th – 18th, 2025 Festival d’Automne, Paris
October 28th – 29th, 2025 Théâtre de Vidy, Lausanne
October 31st, 2025 Kurtheater, Baden
February 6th – 7th, 2026 De Singel, Antwerp

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A Polyphony of Perspectives

Magec / the Desert is the second part of a new trilogy by Radouan Mriziga, inspired by mythological stories from the Amazigh culture, and in particular those who have a close relationship with the Atlas Mountains in North Africa, in terms of spirituality, art, philosophy, craft, and science.

In his work, Mriziga continues his practice of collective creation, where rhythm, text, movement, and sound become interwoven through the contributions of his collaborators. The choreography unfolds as a polyphony of perspectives, where individual experiences intersect to form a shared, multifaceted vision. Like the layered textures of the desert, the performance resists singularity, instead offering a complexity that is at once intellectual and deeply sensory.

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Body as Space

A Greek artist of rare finesse and originality, Christos Papadopoulos brings bak Landless to the stage, performed by Georgios Kotsifakis. Over the years, the choreographer’s work has approached movement as a hidden secret, focusing on its elementary and everyday characteristics. Landless specifically explores the body’s ability to become its own architecture, transforming into an unfamiliar landscape, in order to sketch a new perspective on its basic functions and movement.