Residencies

• 30.03 > 11.04.2026

In Ch’ttahh (‘dan­cer’), Bilal El Had turns to the first move­ment form he’s ever known: Moroccan chaabi, the popu­lar dan­ce and music play­ed at wed­dings, street cele­bra­ti­ons, and living room par­ties. The pie­ce inter­wea­ves per­so­nal dan­ce know­led­ge with the cen­tu­ry-old rhythms, songs, and sym­bols of chaabi – inves­ti­ga­ting dee­ply soci­al gestu­res that car­ry long his­to­ries of men defying gen­der norms through dan­ce, poe­try and music. Between tri­bu­te and inno­va­ti­on, humor and grie­van­ce, Ch’ttahh chan­nels the explo­si­vi­ty of the pre­sent whi­le allo­wing us to gaze lovin­gly to a col­lec­ti­ve past. A cho­re­o­grap­hy whe­re con­tem­po­ra­ry move­ment meets with cen­tu­ry-old his­to­ries of mas­cu­li­ni­ty and gen­der expression