Ch'ttahh
Bilal El Had
In Ch’ttahh (‘dancer’), Bilal El Had turns to the first movement form he’s ever known: Moroccan chaabi, the popular dance and music played at weddings, street celebrations, and living room parties. The piece interweaves personal dance knowledge with the century-old rhythms, songs, and symbols of chaabi – investigating deeply social gestures that carry long histories of men defying gender norms through dance, poetry and music. Between tribute and innovation, humor and grievance, Ch’ttahh channels the explosivity of the present while allowing us to gaze lovingly to a collective past.
Dance
Coproduction
- VIERNULVIER
- Concertgebouw - Brugge
- Kaaitheater & Halles de Schaerbeek
- Kaaitheater & Halles de Schaerbeek
- Dérive Casablancaise
- Alkantara Festival LISBON (PT)
- Alkantara Festival LISBON (PT)
- Alkantara Festival LISBON (PT)
- ARSENIC
- ARSENIC
- ARSENIC
Concept, choreography, performance: Bilal El Had
Music producer: Cheb Runner
Dramaturg: Daniel Blanga Gubbay
Light design: Ivan Cascon
Sound design : Milan Van Doren
Costumes: Cyril Bourez
Scenography: Théo Demans
Producers: Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre & Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Co-producers and support:
Arsenic – Centre d’art scénique contemporain, Lausanne
Kaaitheater – Bruxelles
Kunstenwerkplaats – Bruxelles
Workspacebrussels - Bruxelles
DE SINGEL – Centre d’art international, Anvers
Les Brigittines – Bruxelles
Charleroi Danse – Centre chorégraphique de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Ailleurs & Ici / Points Communs – Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val d’Oise ; Fondation Royaumont – Centre international pour les artistes de la musique et de la danse (Asnières-sur-Oise) ; La briqueterie – Centre de développement chorégraphique national du Val-de-Marne ; Maillon – Théâtre de Strasbourg, Scène européenne (Strasbourg)
Support: Flemish Authority, Flemish Community Commission (VGC).
