BEYTNA
Omar Rajeh, Koen Augustijnen, Anani Sanouvi and Hiroaki Umeda
Omar Rajeh | Maqamat with Koen Augustijnen, Anani Sanouvi, Moonsuk Choi, Ziad El Ahmadie, Samir Nasr Eddine, Oussama Abdel Fattah & Youssef Hbeisch
Beytna premiered in Tanzquartier Wien in April 2016 and toured until 2017 with the initial music group LE TRIO JOUBRAN
Beytna premiered in Tanzquartier Wien in April 2016 and toured until 2017 with the initial music group LE TRIO JOUBRAN
“With good friends … and good food on the board … we may well ask, when shall we live if not now?” M.F.K. Fisher, The Art of Eating
Four choreographers and four musicians coming from Lebanon, Japan, Palestine, Belgium, and Togo are meeting onstage over a banquet of food. They are coming from different continents, cultures, and countries. They have different artistic experiences, with different backgrounds and ideas. What connects them is their profession. They talk, drink, laugh, dance, and eat together.
The simplicity of this meeting would be a starting point to a more complex choreographic and conceptual performance structure. 'Beytna' is a simple invitation to the home of the other; health, happiness, pleasure, compassion, and friendship. It is an invitation to the artist's profession and choreographic construction as much as it is to the forms and situations of the past.For more information on the work: www.omarrajeh.com
performance dates and touring
Wednesday 27th of September 2023
8:30 am | Mercat de les Flors , Barcelona, Spain
Saturday 15th of July 2023
9:15 am | Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
Friday 14th of July 2023
10:00 am | Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
Friday 1st of July 2022
8:00 am | Le Danzatrici Festival en plein air 2022, Bari, Italy
Friday 3rd of June 2022
8:00 am | Rialto Contemporary Dance Festival 2022 | Limassol, Cyprus
Thursday 9th of July 2020
8:00 pm | Mannheim Sommer Festival, Mannheim, Germany
Wednesday 8th of July 2020
8:00 pm | Mannheim Sommer Festival, Mannheim, Germany
Sunday 7th of June 2020
8:00 pm | International festival , Limassol, Cyprus
Sunday 5th of May 2019
8:00 pm | Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Bochum, Germany
Saturday 4th of May 2019
8:00 pm | Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Bochum, Germany
Friday 3rd of May 2019
8:00 pm | Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Bochum, Germany
Friday 1st of February 2019
8:05 pm | | Theatre du Maillon, Strasbourg- France
Thursday 31st of January 2019
8:05 pm | | Theatre du Maillon, Strasbourg- France
Wednesday 30th of January 2019
8:00 pm | | Theatre du Maillon, Strasbourg- France
Saturday 5th of May 2018
8:00 pm | New Baltic Dance, Lithuania
Wednesday 2nd of May 2018
8:00 pm | Kaserne, Basel, Switzerland
Saturday 28th of April 2018
8:30 pm | De L'Octogone, Pully, Switzerland
Wednesday 25th of April 2018
8:00 pm | Lignon, Vernier/GE, Switzerland
Monday 23rd of April 2018
8:00 pm | Gessneralle, Zurikh, Switzerland
Sunday 22nd of April 2018
6:00 pm | Gessneralle, Zurikh, Switzerland
Friday 20th of April 2018
8:00 pm | Salle CO2, Bulle, Switzerland
Wednesday 28th of March 2018
9:30 pm | Centquatre, Paris, France
Tuesday 27th of March 2018
9:30 pm | Centquatre, Paris, France
Saturday 17th of February 2018
8:00 pm | Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
Wednesday 14th of February 2018
8:30 pm | Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam
Friday 6th of October 2017
8:00 pm | Tafelhalle, Nuremberg, Germany
Wednesday 27th of September 2017
8:00 pm | Magdalenazaal ( organized by Cultuurcentrum Brugge), Brugge, Belgium
Saturday 9th of September 2017
8:00 pm | Tanztheater (Orangerie Herrenhausen), Hannover, Germany
Friday 8th of September 2017
8:00 pm | Tanztheater (Orangerie Herrenhausen), Hannover, Germany
Monday 7th of August 2017
8:30 pm | Boulevard, S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Sunday 6th of August 2017
8:30 pm | Boulevard, S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Saturday 8th of July 2017
8:00 am | Julidans, Amsterdam
Friday 7th of July 2017
8:00 am | Julidans, Amsterdam
Wednesday 28th of June 2017
8:00 am | Theatre de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Tuesday 27th of June 2017
8:00 am | Theatre de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Sunday 11th of June 2017
8:00 pm | Theater Der Welt, Hamburg, Germany
Saturday 10th of June 2017
7:00 pm | Theater Der Welt, Hamburg, Germany
Friday 17th of February 2017
8:30 am | Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
Friday 20th of January 2017
8:00 pm | DeSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
Thursday 19th of January 2017
8:00 pm | DeSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
Wednesday 18th of January 2017
8:00 pm | DeSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
Tuesday 29th of November 2016
7:30 pm | Theater Im Pfalzbau - Ludwigshafen
Monday 28th of November 2016
7:30 pm | Theater Im Pfalzbau - Ludwigshafen
Saturday 14th of May 2016
8:30 pm | Fabbrica Europa | Stazione Leopolda, Florence
Friday 13th of May 2016
8:30 pm | Fabbrica Europa | Stazione Leopolda, Florence
Friday 15th of April 2016
8:30 pm | Bipod-Beirut International Platform of Dance | Al Madina Theatre
Thursday 14th of April 2016
8:30 pm | Bipod-Beirut International Platform of Dance | Al Madina Theatre
Wednesday 13th of April 2016
8:30 pm | BIPOD-Beirut International Platform of Dance | Al Madina Theatre
Sunday 10th of April 2016
8:00 pm | Maison des Arts de Créteil
Saturday 9th of April 2016
8:00 pm | Maison des Arts de Créteil
Thursday 7th of April 2016
8:00 pm | Tanzquartier Wien
Wednesday 6th of April 2016
8:00 pm | Tanzquartier Wien
cast and credits
Cast & Credits
Performed by Koen Augustijnen, Omar Rajeh, Anani Sanouvi, May Bou Matar, Moonsuk Choi, Youssef Hbeisch, Oussama Abdel Fattah, Samir Nasr Eddine .Choreographed by Koen Augustijnen, Omar Rajeh, Anani Sanouvi, and Hiroaki Umeda Music Composition Ziad Ahmadie, Youssef Hbeisch, Samir Nasr Eddine , Oussama Abdel Fattah
Percussion Youssef Hbeisch Voice Nohad Rajeh Scenography & costumes Mia Habis Sound Engineer Jean-Christophe Batut Lighting design Victor Duran Manzano Tailor Georges Jamo Graphic design & video animation Joe Elias/Nimslabs Photography Tony Elieh | Paul.Bourdrel
Produced by Maqamat Beit El Raqs Co-produced by BIPOD-Beirut International Platform of Dance, Tanzquartier Wien, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, CCN de La Rochelle / Cie Accrorap-Direction Kader Attou, Theater im Pfalzbau-Ludwigshafen, and Fondazione Fabbrica Europa.