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Combining dance footage with interviews and archival footage, the film questions the concept of tarab in depth and will provide a unique account of our creative process.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Before starting rehearsals for the creation of Tarab<\/i> in 2013, we went on a creative residency in Cairo, in search of \u201ctarab\u201d \u2013 that sacred notion of Eastern culture. The revolution was rumbling in Tahir Square and Mubarak\u2019s removal from power was imminent. It was in this context that we met Sandra Gysi and\u00a0<\/span>Ahmed Abdel Mohsen, two Swiss-Cairo directors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fascinated by our endeavour, somewhat amused by our temerity and stubbornness in pursuing tarab, while the concerns of Cairo\u2019s people were at that time far removed from it, the two filmmakers decided to follow us through the streets of Cairo, as well as with some specialists in Arabic music.<\/span><\/p>\n

After studying maqams, the specific quarter tones of Arabic music that enrich the interpretation of a musical work, they were both curious to know how we would transpose what we had discovered from the long Arabic musical tradition to contemporary dance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our questions echoed theirs: would it be possible to transform this unique feeling into movement? Would it be possible for the dancers to reach this feeling of ecstasy during the performance? Better still, could this feeling of ecstasy be passed on to the audience? And before that: was it possible to achieve the oriental feeling of tarab coming from a western culture?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"

Combining dance footage with interviews and archival footage, the film questions the concept of tarab in depth and will provide a unique account of our creative process.<\/span><\/h4>\r\nBefore starting rehearsals for the creation of Tarab<\/i> in 2013, we went on a creative residency in Cairo, in search of \u201ctarab\u201d \u2013 that sacred notion of Eastern culture. The revolution was rumbling in Tahir Square and Mubarak\u2019s removal from power was imminent. It was in this context that we met Sandra Gysi and\u00a0<\/span>Ahmed Abdel Mohsen, two Swiss-Cairo directors.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFascinated by our endeavour, somewhat amused by our temerity and stubbornness in pursuing tarab, while the concerns of Cairo\u2019s people were at that time far removed from it, the two filmmakers decided to follow us through the streets of Cairo, as well as with some specialists in Arabic music.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAfter studying maqams, the specific quarter tones of Arabic music that enrich the interpretation of a musical work, they were both curious to know how we would transpose what we had discovered from the long Arabic musical tradition to contemporary dance.<\/span>\r\n\r\nOur questions echoed theirs: would it be possible to transform this unique feeling into movement? Would it be possible for the dancers to reach this feeling of ecstasy during the performance? Better still, could this feeling of ecstasy be passed on to the audience? And before that: was it possible to achieve the oriental feeling of tarab coming from a western culture?<\/span>"},"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"_fr_post_content":"

M\u00e9langeant images de danse, interviews, et images d\u2019archives, le film questionne en profondeur le concept de tarab et constitue un te\u0301moignage unique du processus cre\u0301atif des 7273 ainsi que de la difficult\u00e9 d\u2019interpr\u00e9ter un concept oriental dans une performance occidentale.<\/h4>\r\nEn vue de la cre\u0301ation Tarab <\/i>en 2013, Laurence Yadi et Nicolas sont en re\u0301sidence au Caire, a\u0300 la recherche du tarab, cette notion sacre\u0301e de la culture orientale. La re\u0301volution gronde sur la place Tahir et la destitution de Moubarak est imminente.\r\n\r\nC\u2019est dans ce contexte qu\u2019ils rencontrent Sandra Gysi et\u00a0Ahmed Abdel Mohsen, deux re\u0301alisateurs helve\u0301tico-cairotes. Fascine\u0301s par leur entreprise, quelque peu amuse\u0301s par leur te\u0301me\u0301rite\u0301 et leur ent\u00eatement a\u0300 poursuivre le tarab, alors que les pre\u0301occupations des Cairotes en sont a\u0300 ce moment-la\u0300 tre\u0300s e\u0301loigne\u0301es, les deux re\u0301alisateurs de\u0301cident de les suivre avec leurs came\u0301ras dans les rues du Caire.\r\n\r\nApre\u0300s avoir e\u0301tudie\u0301 les Maqams, ces quarts de ton spe\u0301cifiques a\u0300 la musique arabe qui permettent d\u2019enrichir l\u2019interpre\u0301tation d\u2019une \u0153uvre musicale, les re\u0301alisateurs sont curieux de savoir comment les chore\u0301graphes vont transposer ce qu\u2019ils ont de\u0301couvert de cette tradition a\u0300 la danse contemporaine.\r\n\r\nSerait-il possible de transformer ce sentiment unique en mouvements ? Serait-il imaginable que les danseurs atteignent cette extase pendant le spectacle ? Mieux, que cette extase se re\u0301percute sur le public ? Avant cela : serait-il possible d\u2019atteindre le sentiment oriental du tarab, en venant d\u2019une culture occidentale ?","_fr_post_excerpt":"","_fr_post_title":"Searching for Tarab","_fr_post_name":"searching-for-tarab","edit_language":"en"},"excerpt":{"raw":"","rendered":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives2025.cie7273.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives2025.cie7273.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives2025.cie7273.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives2025.cie7273.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}