Sensing Rooftops
MOROCCO, ’23
TOURING NETHERLANDS IN APRIL ’24
Form: interactive dance performance with film projections installed in 360° around the audience
Theme: dance on Moroccan and Dutch rooftops + the cultural themes that arise from it (based on artistic research)
Duration: 45 min + Q&A
Dancer, choreographer: Ilja Geelen
Film maker, technician: Yassine Abouhamid
Performed at cultural institutes, theaters, galleries, cafés and classrooms
in 5 cities in Morocco
& 7 events in the Netherlands including Rotterdam Rooftop Festival 2023 & 2024 (rooftop of Maassilo), Radboud University, Préjavu Makershuis Tilburg, Stukafest Rotterdam
Financially supported by the Dutch Embassy of the Netherlands in Rabat & l’Institut Français du Maroc,
with artistic residencies in Theatre Darna & Centre les étoiles du Détroit (Tangier, MA)
Sensing Rooftops
NLs & Morocco, 2022-23
Form: interactive dance performance with film projections installed in 360° around the audience
Theme: dance on Moroccan and Dutch rooftops + the cultural themes that arise from it (based on artistic research)
Duration: 45 min + Q&A
Dancer, choreographer: Ilja Geelen
Film maker, technician: Yassine Abouhamid
Performed at cultural institutes, theaters, galleries, cafés and classrooms
in 5 cities in Morocco
& 7 events in the Netherlands including Rotterdam Rooftop Festival 2023 & 2024, Radboud University, Préjavu Makershuis Tilburg, Stukafest Rotterdam
Financially supported by the Dutch Embassy of the Netherlands in Rabat & l’Institut Français du Maroc
with artistic residencies in Theatre Darna & Centre les étoiles du Détroit (Tangier, MAR)
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