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Omar Rajeh
Omar Rajeh is a choreographer, dancer, founder and artistic director of Maqamat. Initially based in Lebanon since 2002, he moved and set up his company in Lyon in 2020 to continue to create and develop his projects in France and internationally. Omar Rajeh has developed more than twenty choreographic creations and is widely recognized in Lebanon and around the world. His work, inspired by the socio-political concerns that surrounds it, is always carried with strong compositions and an invested and vigorous physical presence. Omar Rajeh is the founder of the BIPOD- Beirut International Platform of Dance, co-founder of Masahat network, the founder of Takween, an intensive training program, and Moultaqa Leymoun, a platform that showcases and develops the work of artists and choreographers from the Arab countries. In 2017, he designed and establsihed Citerne Beirut, a choreographic and cultural center in Lebanon which, following its forced dismantling in 2019, gave birth in France to Citerne.live in 2020. **Photo de couverture: Elizabeth Pearl** **Portrait :Hadi Bou Ayash**
Maqamat
Maqamat is a dance company that was established in Beirut in 2002 by Omar Rajeh and moved to Lyon in 2020 in the perspective of developing its creative and cultural projects in France and internationally. It played a major role in the organization, creation and establishment of a contemporary dance scene in Lebanon and the region. It has founded major dance projects such as BIPOD-Beirut International Platform of Dance, Takween, an intensive training program, Moultaqa Leymoun, a showcase platform supporting artists from different Arab countries and more recently the digital platform Citerne.live.
Caring, Daring, Sharing
Omar RajehPascal BrunetGenwa GenwetenKawkab ZuhalWe continue in this second session of Caring, Daring, Sharing conversations after the first one that took place within BIPOD ...
The Odor of Elephants after the Rain
Omar RajehIn 2019, Omar Rajeh, the choreographer, begins a series of explorations that will lead him to unprecedented questions: The fo...
#Cultural_disobedience & Political Change
Omar RajehJean KassirNizar GhanemHow culture can formulate a discourse for political change while protecting itself from shifting into political propaganda. W...
Caring, Daring, Sharing
Omar RajehPeggy OlislaegersRana KhouryPascal BrunetHope AzedaMaqamat organizes in partnership with the CND and the Relais Culture Europe, on May 6 and 7 in Lyon, meetings in several form...
Cent Mille Façons de Parler
Omar Rajeh'In the silence of love you will find the spark of life' - RUMI This open Studio is a short presentation of the work proces...
Morning Coffee with Alexandre Paulikevitch
Omar RajehAlexandre PaulikevitchMorning Coffee with Alexandre Paulikevitch and Omar Rajeh talking about his performance “A’alehom” that touches on a deeply i...
Architecture of a Ruined Body
Omar RajehPeggy OlislaegersRasha SaltiSimon DoveRana KhouryPascal BrunetFabrizio GrifasiIn the panel discussion “The Architecture of a Ruined Body” we are hoping to open a window of inspiration and motivation towa...
The Public Speaks
Omar RajehPeggy OlislaegersLEE Jong-HoHow do we continue to engage? What does it mean to be an audience these days? An observer? A witness? How are audience member...
The Aftermath of a Masked World
Omar RajehPeggy OlislaegersStéphane MalfettesIn the panel discussion “The Aftermaths of a masked World” , focusing on what it means to be an artist these days, we start o...
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