Afrovibes 2024 / Mohamed Lamqayssi

Afrovibes: DIHYA

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let the body talk wij en de wereld
Michel Petit
DIHYA
Afrovibes 2024 / Mohamed Lamqayssi

Afrovibes: DIHYA

Specials & festivals, Dans, Language no problem
let the body talk wij en de wereld
Michel Petit
DIHYA
Afrovibes 2024 / Mohamed Lamqayssi

Afrovibes: DIHYA

Specials & festivals, Dans, Language no problem
let the body talk wij en de wereld
Michel Petit
DIHYA
Afrovibes 2024 / Mohamed Lamqayssi

Afrovibes: DIHYA

Specials & festivals, Dans, Language no problem
let the body talk wij en de wereld
Michel Petit
DIHYA

Choreographer Mohamed Lamqayssi (Morocco) tells the story of the Amazigh queen Dihya. She is the only woman in history who fought against the Umayyad - and unfortunately lost. This defeat marked a turning point in the history of Imazighen culture in North Africa. The matriarchal order that had prevailed until then had to give way to an Arab-Islamic patriarchy, which itself still exists after 14 centuries to this day. But what if Dihya did win the battle? 

Lamqayssi opens a temporary door to an alternative scenario in which Dihya is the architect of a different story and in which power and sacrifice lead to freedom and love. A hidden history of Imazighen culture that could have been.

Mohamed Lamqayssi is for the first time at Afrovibes and performing in the Netherlands Previously his work was shown at On Marche Festival Marrakech 2023, Journées Chorégraphiques Carthage Tunis 2023, Kinani Festival Maputo 2023

"Dihya by Mohamed Lamqayssi reveals a desire and honour for belonging and tradition through the contemporary. The work, based on aesthetic and artistic inspirations from Amazigh culture as well as digital artistic disciplines, pulls tradition and honour into a contemporary space."

Jay Pather, artistiek directeur Afrovibes.

Credits

dans - Chourouk El Mahati choreografie assistent -  Angela Vanoni licht - van Mathis

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