UNION

PREMIERE 26 SEPTEMBER 2021 at the Kaluga Cultural Institute.

Omar Rajeh | Maqamat was commissioned by the Kaluga Innovative Ballet for a new creation inspired by the work of rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

Omar Rajeh embarks with a group of 10 dancers on a journey of creation to question the unknown, which brings us back to our humanity; to question deeply our existence and being. It is a homage to rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory Konstantin Tsiolkovsky who wrote that "All matter in the Universe is mixed up… Destiny of a creature depends on destiny of the Universe." The work is an inspiration of his passion and contribution to space travel and Rocketry, as if the journey into the stars, the void, the darkness, and all its harmony is a journey that brings us inwards, into ourselves, and into our deep human essence.

A production of Maqamat and the Innovative Cultural Center of Kaluga. Co-produced by the MM Art Line Agency. Supported by the International Contemporary Dance Festival DanceInversion Festival/ Bolshoi Theater and the Institute Français of Russia

performance dates and touring

Thursday 9th of December 2021
6:30 pm | On the Edge Festival | Yekaterinburg, Russia

Wednesday 20th of October 2021
8:00 pm | Dance Inversion Contemporary Dance Festival by the Bolshoi Theatre | Moscow, Russia

Tuesday 19th of October 2021
8:00 pm | Dance Inversion Contemporary Dance Festival by the Bolshoi Theatre | Moscow, Russia

Sunday 26th of September 2021
8:00 pm | Kaluga Innovative Cultural Center | Kaluga, Russia

cast and credits

Choreography Omar Rajeh
Music Charbel Haber
Administrator Varvara Kasatkina 
Administrator Maqamat Bruno Viguier
Dancers Dmirty Molyanov, Anastasia Tskhai, Artur Mikoyan, Anna Zhukova, Vadim Anurin, Larisa Monzhalei, Vadim Lavrentsov, Irina Sinatorova, Anton Fedan, Anna Kirilina
Artistic Director of the Innovative Ballet Theatre Xenia Golyzhbina


Duration 60 minutes

Photos Alexey Klimov & Julya Dudareva