Born as a response to challenging cultural infrastructures, and within an artistic reality governed by foreignness and makeshift initiatives, TransDance came as a festival that takes place for dance and through dance, rather than it being strictly a dance, set in alternative conditions.

Program

TransDance 2013
Oblivion and Resistance


Monday 21 October 2013 at 6pm
Opening Talk

Performances:
Impossible Performance/ IN SITU: Amira Chebli (Tunis)
SUM: Sama Wali (Egypt)

Installations Program Opening:
Lana Sennawi (Egypt), Mey Sefan (Syria), Shayma Aziz (Egypt), Ikon Chiba (Egypt/ Japan)

Opening Concert, by FABRICA


22 October 2013 (7pm)
Ahmad Salhi- 'Journey into the ARC.HIVE: Extracting Men' (Jordan)
Sama Wali- 'Balance' (Egypt)
Rima Najdi- 'Radio Revolution' (Lebanon/ USA)



23 October 2013 (7pm)
Performances:
Sama Wali (Egypt)- 'SUM'
Ahmad Salhi (Jordan)- 'Journey into the ARC.HIVE: Extracting Men'

Lecture:
Abdullah Al-Bayyari (Egypt/ Palestine)- 'Resi[lience]stance'



24 October 2013 (7pm)
Performances:
Sama Wali (Egypt)- 'SUM'
Amira Chebli (Tunis)- 'Impossible Performance/ IN SITU'
Rima Najdi (Lebanon/ USA)- 'Undress Me As You Like'
Mona Gamil (Egypt/ Ireland)- 'FUCK...2013'

Panel and Artist Talk: CriticaliTea session with the artists on 'The Making of Context'



27 October 2013 (7pm)
Performance:
Ezzat Ezzat (Egypt)- 'Journey into the ARC.HIVE: Constructing Narratives'

Film Program:
Tamr Henna (Egypt)
Crystal (Egypt)



28 October 2013 (7pm)
Performances:
Mona Gamil (Egypt/ Ireland)- 'Fuck... 2013'
Ezzat Ezzat (Egypt)- 'Journey to the ARC.HIVE'

Launch of Video-Dance/ Performance program:
Special program curated by SCCA Ljubljana



Tuesday 29 October 2013 (7pm)

Launch of Video-Dance/ Performance program:
Special program curated by SCCA Ljubljana

Screenings of selected Arab video-perforamance program


Wednesday 30 October 2013 (7pm)
Open CriticaliTea Session: Archival practices and memory politics in the Middle East
Closing concert
General Information
All events take place at:
868, 8th Floor
Bloc-Sud, Immobilia
26 Sherif Pasha Street
Downtown, Cairo