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OÜM (2020)
PERFORMANCE FOR 6 DANCERS
AND 2 MUSICIANS
NÄSS (2018)
PERFORMANCE FOR 7 DANCERS
NÄSS (PEOPLE)FOUAD BOUSSOUF MASSALA COMPANY
A PERFORMANCE FOR 7 DANCERS55’, 2018
Choreographer: Fouad BoussoufDancers: Elias Ardoin, Sami Blond, Mathieu Bord, Maxime Cozic, Yanice Djae,Loïc Elice, Justin Gouin
Assistant choreographer: Bruno Domingues TorresLighting Designer: Fabrice SarcyCostumes and Scenography: Camille Vallat Music: Roman Bestion
CONTACTS
Fouad BoussoufArtistic Director
+33 6 79 44 99 [email protected]
Petya HristovaDevelopment / Tour Production
+33 6 33 67 80 [email protected]
Sylvie NicolasCompany Manager+33 1 70 13 38 08
Mathieu MorelleTour Manager
+33 6 24 70 84 [email protected]
PRESENTATION
First there is rhythm, the sounds of immemorial time, unceasing and obsessive. From this rhythm is born the communion of seven dancers, a fusion of energies and bodies, the power of the community with its inherent violence and weaknesses.
On the border between the sacred and the profane, between frenetic modernity and ancestral rituals, Näss challenges contradictory physical states and affirms the fusion between the popular and urban aspects of hip-hop. It questions its proper roots tracing their evolution until today. Sources of inspiration are the regional dances of Morocco taskiwine and regadda, as well as the mysticism of the Gnawa tradition.
“The history of the famous band Nass el Ghiwane* from the 1970s in North Africa has been of key inspiration to me. Their lyrics reminded me of the strange connection with the anti-establishment current of rap and hip-hop from the same period in the United States. I discovered a type of hip-hop that is more spiritual, impregnated with ancestral traditions.” – Fouad Boussouf
Näss reveals a universal dimension, the eternal quest of men and women for someplace else, spiritual or physical, using as language the rhythm, that which unites and moves the bodies. Fouad Boussouf stands behind a kind of hip-hop that is strongly anchored in its tribal African roots.
“I composed Näss like a breath, simultaneously physical and mystical, which reminds us how important it is to be firmly rooted in the ground and in one’s land in order to feel its vibrations.” - Fouad Boussouf
*Näss means people in Arabic and refers to the famous music band Nass el Ghiwane (The Bohemian People) which popularized the Gnawa culture in the 70s during the hippie movement. The poetic and anti-conformist lyrics cost members of the group much time in prison but also allowed the emergence of Moroccan rap with socially charged lyrics echoing the American model.
Teaser : www.massala.fr/nass/
ProductionMassala Company
CoproductionThéâtre Jean Vilar - Vitry-sur-Seine Le Prisme - Élancourt Institut du Monde Arabe - Tourcoing Fontenay-en-Scènes - Fontenay-sous-bois Théâtre des Bergeries - Noisy-le-Sec La Briqueterie - CDCN du Val-de-Marne Le FLOW - Pôle Culture Ville de Lille Institut Français de Marrakech
FOUAD BOUSSOUF
A choreographer, dancer and teacher, Fouad Boussouf founded Massala Company in 2010, bringing together hip-hop, contemporary dance, North African traditional dances and new circus. Born in Morocco, Fouad moved to France in 1983 and began learning hip-hop, modern jazz and circus. From 1997 he pursued his training in Paris, focusing on contemporary dance and hip-hop.
Fouad Boussouf holds an MA and a Master in Social Sciences from the University of Paris XII, Créteil, where he also teaches Dance and World Cultures. He has worked in various dance conservatories around Paris and regularly leads workshops in France and abroad. As a performer, Fouad has collaborated with Ahmed Lahcen, Farid Berki, Pierre Doussaint, Trick Nasty Crew and Megajam.
Since the establishment of Massala Company in 2010, Fouad Boussouf has created several multi-disciplinary dance performances including Zoom, Deviation, Témoin(s), A Condition, Afflux, Concept Lavoir, Transe, The Elements, Esperluette, Le Moulin du Diable and Näss.
Massala’s performances have received critical acclaim in France, Europe, The Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa. The company’s latest performance Näss (2018) was selected by Aerowaves European dance network for the 2018 edition of the Spring Forward Festival/Showcase and and is currently touring around the world.
Fouad Boussouf’s new production – Oüm (a performance for 6 dancers and 2 musicians) - will premiere in February 2020 in Avignon.
MASSALA COMPANY
Established by dancer and choreographer Fouad Boussouf in 2010, Massala Company blends styles and artistic practices as diverse as hip-hop, contemporary dance and new circus, as well as traditional dance forms and music from Boussouf’s native Morocco and the Arab World.
Mixing different rhythms and influences, Massala’s creations are oriented towards transmitting and sharing emotions, thanks to the technical mastery and the inexhaustible expressiveness of the dance. At the heart of the artistic development of the company lays the sensual and physical relationship to our roots and our mixed cultures.
PRESS QUOTES
“…NÄSS is a celebration. This is men in unity, exploring their weaknesses and strengths and supporting one another; a world apart from stereotypical machismo.From simmering aggression to despair, the rhythms and movements of NÄSS connect us all at an instinctive human level. It is a remarkable and universal piece in which everyone can find his or her place. “VANESSA MUDD, THE CULTURE VULTUREtheculturevulture.co.uk
“With Näss, choreographer Fouad Boussouf skilfully blends urban and contemporary dance styles: it’s a meeting between different times, different cultures – between the earthly and the spiritual.” SOPHIE AMMANN, SPRINGBACK MAGAZINE
“Fouad Boussouf gives us 45 minutes of energising dance that urges us to find stories in the swarm. As we journey with them from isolation to friendship, from troubled existence to joy, the dancers of Company Massala hold us mesmerised in the palm of their hands.” KELLY APTER, SPRINGBACK MAGAZINE
Marrakech
Residencies / SupportLa Briqueterie - CDCN du Val-de-Marne POC d’Alfortville Centre National de la Danse Le FLOW - Pôle Culture Ville de Lille Studios Diptyk - St-Etienne Cirque Shems’y - Salé, Morocco Royal Air Maroc
Financial Support ADAMI Conseil départemental du Val-de-MarneDRAC Institut Français of MoroccoRégion Ile-de-FranceSPEDIDAMVille de Vitry-sur-Seine
2018
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2020
13/01/18 POC, Alfortville23/01/18 Théâtre des Bergeries, Noisy-le-Sec 20/02/18 Festival Hip Open Dance, Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille16/03/18 Salle Jacques Brel, Fontenay-sous-Bois23/03/18 Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria 29/03/18 Festival Moving-Futures, Amsterdam, Netherlands30/03/18 Centre Communal Culturel d’Orly8-9/04/18 Théâtre Jean Vilar, Vitry-sur-Seine03/05/18 Le Prisme, Élancourt31/05/18 Le Manège, scène nationale de Reims01/06/18 Théâtre André Malraux Chevilly-Larue
03/11/18 Tanzfestival Rhein-Main, Darmstadt, Germany24/11/18 International Dance Theater Festival, Lublin, Poland29/11/18 Théâtre Jacques Carat, Cachan30/11/18 Festival Kalypso, L’Embarcadère, Aubervilliers 01/12/18 Les Nuits d’Orient, Grand Théâtre - Opéra de Dijon 29/01/19 Théâtre d’Arles01/02/19 Théâtre de Brétigny02/02/19 Riley Theatre, NSCD, Leeds, UK21/03/19 Teatro dell’Aquila, Fermo, Italy23/03/19 Teatro Rossini, Pesaro, Italy02/04/19 Le Safran, Amiens 03 - 05/04/19 CDCN Pôle Sud, Strasbourg 18/04/19 Biennale de Danse du Val-de-Marne, Maisons-Alfort18 - 19/05/19 Le French May Festival, Hong Kong 24/05/19 ARC for Dance Festival, Athènes, Greece05/06/19 June Events, Festival de l’Atelier de Paris13/06/19 Festival Perspectives, Sarrebruck, Germany 10 - 20/07/19 Les Hivernales, CDCN d’Avignon21/07/19 San Vincenti Festival, Croatia28/07/19 Beijing Dance Festival, Pékin, China02 - 03/08/19 Shanghai International Dance Center, China
3/09/2019 Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden6-7/09/19 Dansens Hus, Oslo, Norway16/09/19 - 18/10/19 Tournée en Sweden - Dancenet Sweden22/10/19 Chai du Terral, Saint-Jean-de-Védas15/11/19 L’Alpillium, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence20 - 21/11/19 La Filature, scène nationale, Mulhouse22/11/19 Espace Culturel Boris Vian, Les Ulis29 - 30/11/19 Théâtre de St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, scène nationale6 - 7/12/19 Les Rencontres trans musicales de Rennes 12/12/19 December Dance, Bruges, Belgium4/02/20 Espace Michel-Simon, Noisy-le-Grand7/03/20 KVS, Théâtre royal flamand, Festival Lezarts Urbains, Bruxelles, Belgium
2017
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www.massala.fr Cie Massala
Vitry-sur-Seine
13/10/20 Théâtre de Villefranche-sur-Saône27/10/20 Théâtre de l’Olivier, Istres 8/11/20 Taiwan Dance Platform, Weiwuying, Taiwan13-14/11/20 TEAT, Festival de danse, Ile de la Réunion1/12/20 Espace des arts, scène nationale de Chalon-sur-Saône3/12/20 Théâtre de Charleville-Mézières4/12/20 ACB, scène nationale de Bar-le-Duc5/12/20 L’Echangeur, Château-Thierry, CDCN Hauts-de-France8/12/20 Le Trident, scène nationale de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin15/12/20 Maison de la Culture de Nevers17/12/20 Théâtre Durance, Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban19/12/20 Kortrijk/Courtrai, Belgium8/01/21 Centre culturel Jean Houdremont, La Courneuve19/01/21 CIRCa, Auch21/01/21 Espace d’Albret, Nérac 22/01/21 La Caravelle, Marcheprime 23/01/21 Espace culturel Treulon, Bruges 24/01/21 Centre Culturel L’Arcanson, Biscarrosse 27/01/21 Le Quai des arts, Rumilly28/01/21 Le Théâtre des Collines, Annecy30/01/21 Festival Ici&Là , Tournefeuille3/02/21 Equinoxe, scène nationale de Châteauroux 16/02/21 Quai des arts, Pornichet17/02/21 La Soufflerie, Rezé18/02/21 Centre culturel Juliette Drouet, La Selle-en-Luitré, Fougères19/02/21 Le Quatrain, Haute-Goulaine20/02/21 Espace Culturel Capellia, La Chapelle-sur-Erdre23/02/21 La Rampe, Échirolles25/02/21 Lux, scène nationale de Valence26-27/02/21 Théâtre du Parc, Andrézieux-Bouthéon5/03/21 Espace Mitterrand, Figeac6/03/21 Théâtre de la Baleine, Rodez9/03/21 Scène nationale, Albi11/03/21 Théâtre d’Aurillac13/03/21 Scènes croisées de Lozère, Théâtre de Mende16-21/03/21 La Maison de la Danse de Lyon23/03/21 La Mégisserie, Saint-Junien6/04/21 Théâtre de Grasse8/04/21 Salle Guy Obino, Vitrolles9/04/21 Le ZEF, scène nationale de Marseille10/04/21 Festival Imprudanse, Théâtres en Dracénie, Draguignan 15/04/21 Maison de la Musique de Nanterre1/05/21 L’Octogone, théâtre de Pully, Lausanne, Switzerland4/05/21 Le Vellein, scènes de la CAPI, Villefontaine12/05/21 Théâtre Romain Rolland, Villejuif14/05/21 Le Phoenix, scène nationale de Valenciennes 31/5-13/6/21 Tour in Morocco
2020
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A CONDITION (2011) PERFORMANCE FOR 4 DANCERS
TRANSE (2013) PERFORMANCE FOR 7 DANCERS
ESPERLUETTE (2014)
PERFORMANCE FOR 1 CIRCUS DANCER
AND 1 MUSICIAN
LE MOULIN DU DIABLE (2015) PERFORMANCE
FOR 5 DANCERSLES ELEMENTS (2013) DUO
AFFLUX (2012) PERFORMANCE FOR 5 DANCERS
AND 2 MUSICIANS
CONCEPT LAVOIR (2013) PERFORMANCE FOR 5 DANCERS
AND 1 SINGEROÜM (2020)
PERFORMANCE FOR 6 DANCERS
AND 2 MUSICIANS
NÄSS (2018)
PERFORMANCE FOR 7 DANCERS
Fouad Boussouf is Associate Artist at Maison de la danse, Lyon, Equinoxe scène nationale, Châteauroux and POC, Alfortville.
