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| Date: | Oct 21–30, 2013 |
| Organized by: | HaRaKa |
| Venue: | HaRaKa |
| Address: | 1 Ahmed Shokry Street, Tahrir Square, Downtown Cairo, Egypt |
| Admission: | free, on a first come first serve basis |
| Website: | www.facebook.com/transdance13 |
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
