HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?

HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?

HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?

HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?

HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?

Festival 2007

The first edition of the Dancing on the Edge Festival took place from 29 November to 13 December in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Groningen. Artists and groups from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Morocco, Jordan and Palestine participated. The festival focused on contemporary dance, but also included a film program as well as lectures, discussions, debates, a cultural education program, and music.

Browse through our archive below to see the performances and events that took place during Dancing on the Edge Festival 2007

Program

West Bank Story

A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing falafel stands on the West Bank. David, an Iraeli soldier, falls in love

Dance from Iraq

A short interview with the Iraqi dancer and choreographer Muhanad Rasheed, maker of the production Crying of My Mother (also performed in this festival).

Dansen in Beiroet

Dansen in Beiroet is the making of Concerto 13/2nd Movement by the Lebanese choreographer Omar Rajeh. In Beirut, five floors underground, Omar Rajeh, two

Burka Boogie Woogie

What’s under a burka? A sensual and graphic dance film with two dancers in burka. The burka begins to lead its own life, changing

In this dance film, Mohamed Shafik, choreographer of Witness of the Body, delves into the range of emotions of the human soul. He looks

Ramallah! Ramallah! Ramallah!

A film about a project collaboration between Les Ballets C de la B (Ghent, Belgium), Ashtar Theatre and the El Funoun Dance Company (Ramallah,

As I was leaving my city

Amirali Navaii: ‘I am 24 and I live in Teheran. I was a dancer, but changed direction to film because of the political situation

Crossing the Edge: about the fusion of dance styles

The dancers and choreographers from the festival will discuss their artistic working methods with each other and with the audience. Each of them has

The Possibilities and Impossibilities of Art as a ‘Free Zone’

It has become common to speak of art as building blocks for creating a dialogue between cultures. One of the ambitions of Dancing in