The Chouas

[En anglais] A nocturnal pilgrimage to an out-of-bounds football court.  Synchronised breathing, ritual dances, obscure football history, acclamations, refrains and Cruyffian* technique.   

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Flirting with a scary boundary between fiction and reality, Klapping is a new urban movement form founded by Feras the Shield and Maestro Ahil.  They initiate the audience into this strange, but familiar, new form;  Starting with its history, moving through foundations and fashion codes and arriving at the euphoria of a battle, over the course of the evening the audience is initiated, beginning their transformation towards football deity.  By bathing/immersing in football paraphernalia and reveling in the energy of the court, Feras the Shield and Maestro Ahil guide the audience through this search for profound spiritual significance in the idiosyncratic codes and rituals of football. 

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*Cruyffian refers to concepts developed by the late, Dutch, footballer, Johan Cruyff. 

Première

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6 octobre 2018

Nuit Blanche, Bruxelles (BE)

Passé

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17 octobre 2017 (œuvre en cours)

MAF WIP COOP, Anvers (BE)

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2 octobre 2018 (tryout)

Ontmoetingscentrum Luchtbal, Anvers (BE)

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30 mars 2019

Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney (AU)

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5-6 septembre 2019

Homo Novus Festival, Riga (LV)

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7 septembre 2019

Dansart Festival, Courtrai (BE)

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15-17 mai 2020, (reporté)

Zürich Tanzt (CH)

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Septembre 2020 (saison entière)

Kaaitheater, Bruxelles (B)

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7 - 9 mai 2021

Zürich Tanzt (CH)

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Performeurs/conception Ahilan Ratnamohan, Feras Shaheen Conception costumes-Outside Eye Anne-Catherine Kunz Dramaturgie Kristof Persyn Coproduction Campbelltown Arts Centre commission, Nuit Blanche, A Cultured Left Foot Avec le support de MAF WIP COOP, Monty & Ontmoetingscentrum Luchtbal et ArtsNSW. 

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