WE <3 2 RAQS

Dance performance by: Tümay Kılınçel

Based on Raqs, the so-called belly dance or oriental dance, WE 2 RAQS negotiates and deconstructs orientalist and colonial image structures. At the invitation of Kılınçel, five dancers create a collective Raqs body through their interpretation of different genres. Accompanied by a live band, the work recontextualizes dance as a feminist, self-empowering practice that becomes visible as an art form on institutional stages.

Based on Raqs, the so-called belly dance or oriental dance, WE 2 RAQS negotiates and deconstructs orientalist and colonial image structures. At the invitation of Kılınçel, five dancers create a collective Raqs body through their interpretation of different genres. Accompanied by a live band, the work recontextualizes dance as a feminist, self-empowering practice that becomes visible as an art form on institutional stages.

With: Dina Abdelhafez, The Darvish, Lia Pavlidis, Suzan Demircan (for Zadiel Leyla Sasmaz), Marilyn Nova White, Leila Moon, Sultan Kara, Dima Dawood

This will be followed by an artist talk.
This will be followed by an artist talk.