Galactic Crush 2 : Into the Cold
Stéphanie Kayal
Abed Kobeissy
In Galactic Crush, the first episode of their saga, the Lebanese choreographer Stéphanie Kayal based between Brussels and Beirut, was already working with the musician Abed Kobeissy. Together they dreamed up an avenger and a follower, who are awkwardly trying to eradicate crime in a town rotten with corruption, an ironic reflection of a certain contemporary reality in Beirut.
With Galactic Crush 2 : Into the Cold, the dancer and the musician resume their unlikely pairing. As the desperately heroic mission turns into a fiasco, and the world is collapsing around them, they decide to flee: here they are, botching together a makeshift vessel to try to reach an unknown galaxy.
But in the midst of a genocidal present and an uncertain future, what does it mean to flee when others are being annihilated to stay?
With its unique choreographic style, composed of slow, broken movements, Stéphanie Kayal transforms adversity into creative drive. Between humour and disillusion, the duo perform an absurd fantasy and confront their protagonists with a harsh gaze carried along by live music.
Coproduction Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Calendar
Information
Venue
Studio
Duration
1hr
Language
en, surtitling fr
Price
10€
Cast
Concept and text
Stephanie Kayal
Abed Kobeissy
With
Stephanie Kayal
Abed Kobeissy
Pôl Seif
Choreography
Stephanie Kayal
Original music
Abed Kobeissy
Set and light design
Pôl Seif
Video artist
Firas El Hallak
Photo and video documentation
Firas El Hallak
Dramaturgical advice
Krystel Khoury
Sabine Cmelniski
Production
Hiros
Coproduction
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles and Alkantara, as part of Common Stories, a Creative Europe programme financed by the European Union, Théâtre de la Vie, Kunstencentrum Buda, Parallèle - Pratiques artistiques émergentes internationales
With the support of
Ettijahat - Independent Culture, Workspacebrussels, ISAC - Institut Supérieur des Arts et des Chorégraphies ArBa-EsA, Studio Le Labeur - Dame de Pic / Cie Karine Ponties
This project is part of the Cycle de professionnalisation pour une durabilité du secteur culturel - volet Jeunes chorégraphes du Sud- led by Parallèle, with the support of the Cultures et création program of the Fondation de France and the patronage of the Caisse des dépôts.
