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all the rivers residency: Where Writing begins, a dance begins too
all the rivers residency: Where Writing begins, a dance begins too
About the event
This residency engages with a corpus of articles written by women and LGBTQ+ individuals from the Arab world, with a focus on Syria between 2012 and 2024. The body is approached not simply as a theme, but as a central site of lived experience, political inscription, and knowledge production.
Rather than treating these writings as purely literary material, the project works with them as dramaturgical structures. Through collective reading, discussion, and embodied practice, the group traces the physical, affective, and rhythmic dimensions embedded within the texts, exploring how meaning can emerge through the body itself.
At the core of the process is the development of a "moving language": a shared physical and vocal vocabulary that generates meaning beyond representation. This language is explored through dance and physical theatre practices, focusing on movement, rhythm, presence, and voice as primary carriers of meaning. The residency is conceived as a horizontal and collective research environment, prioritizing exchange, shared authorship, and mutual learning.
The process culminates in the creation of a performative score in which the selected texts function as choreographic structures, guiding both movement and voice.
