RECESS: HABITUS COLLECTIVE NAFASS
Company:
Chez Bushwick
“My work reflects on the relationship between our bodies and the territories in which they evolve. I am interested in bodies that are exiled, de territorialised, displaced. Our bodies are shaped by our habitus. Unintentionally, we are complying with social codes. As children and adults, we replicate specific movements without knowing what pushes us to perform them, sometimes with discomfort, disconnect or discordance. Nevertheless, we need routines to make one with society and with others. The threefold dimension of my identity leaves me wondering: what kind of relationship do I have with my own body? Am I certain I ever owned myself and have I ever belonged to the right place? I was born in Yarmouk, the largest Palestinian camp in Syria. Therefore, I am longing for a land that I have never known. Exile generates an intense process of dispossession.In order to be able to settle into a new place, and to be socially integrated, I have to conform to a new routine and adopt new movements.” — Nidal Abdo
Lead Artist and Choreographer - Nidal Abdo
Supporting Dance/Musical Artists - Katell Ollier, Cynthia Dariane, and OSLOOB
Scenographer - Khaled Alwarea
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