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Pina, My Love

Bassam Abou Diab

Beirut
dance music French Premiere

"In a way, movement and dance are freedom" is Bassam Abou Diab’s message in each of his performances. A Lebanese citizen living at the crossroads between several Middle Eastern countries, he knows the risk of being imprisoned without reason: a sword of Damocles that he transforms into countless scenarios in Pina, My Love through body, dance, and music

Memory, the body’s archive, constantly returns in the work of Lebanese choreographer and dancer Bassam Abou Diab, who examines the movements of the captive body. How do we react when suddenly deprived of freedom and movement? What are our mechanisms of defence and resistance? These questions inhabit the piece Pina, My Love, which is infused by his relationship with the spiritual and his ritual practice. On stage, he explores what the body, tested by isolation, does to survive, to preserve its vital movements - breathing, heartbeats. While incorporating folklore and traditional Lebanese dance, his work is always stripped-down, all the better to express his thoughts and convey the unsayable. To create a link between reality, what is visible, and what is hidden: prison, torture, violence. The strength of Bassam Abou Diab's performances and Ali Hout’s music lies in their profound belief in art as the only means to help humanity overcome its moral and physical suffering. Pina, My Love and Under the Flesh are cathartic acts of resistance against powerlessness: they are about "dancing and dreaming to survive the pain."


Les représentations à Marseille reçoivent le soutien de l’Institut français du Liban.

Practical information

Duration : 50'


Age : 12 and over


Bar and restauration on place

Where ?
Friche la Belle de Mai

 Carsharing available here from June 3

Entrée 1 : 41, rue Jobin, 3e
Entrée 2 : 12, rue François-Simon, 3e

tel. 04 95 04 95 95

lafriche.org 


 Métro - 1, 2 arrêt Saint-Charles 

Tram - 2 arrêt Longchamp 

 Bus - 49, 56 arrêt Belle de Mai 

Bus de nuit - 582 arrêt Belle de Mai La Friche

 Vélo station Friche Belle de Mai, parking à vélo dans la Friche

Parking - Parking Le Champ de Mai

Prices

Price €10

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Credits

Creation 2022

Choreographer and Performer : Bassam Abou Diab

Musician and Performer : Ali Hout

Music Composition : Ayman Sharaf El Dine, Ali Hout

Photography © Andrea Caramelli

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