Ali Chahrour
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), The Love Behind My Eyes that won the ZKB Patronage prize at the 2022 Zurich Theater Spektakel, and concluded with Iza Hawa (2023). Combining lyrical poetry, raw emotion and tangled bodies, crafting a vivid tapestry of human connection, 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 working on a new trilogy around the theme of Fear.