BOUJLOUD, بوجلود / MAN OF SKINS, by KENZA BERRADA
une pièce de & avec Kenza Berrada
une pièce de & avec Kenza Berrada
une pièce de & avec Kenza Berrada
une pièce de & avec Kenza Berrada
text, direction, performance
Kenza Berrada
sound design
Kinda Hassan
video
Maud Neve
choreography
Annabelle Chambon
in collaboration with
Cédric Charron
production
Kumquat Productions
(Laurence Larcher &
Gerco de Vroeg)
coproduction
Institut Français du Maroc, Rabat / Goethe Institut, Rabat-Marrakech, Maroc /
GMEM, Centre national de création musicale, Marseille (FR) / OXFAM Maroc / Le Cube, Art Center, Rabat (Maroc) / MACAAL, Musée d’art contemporain africain Al Maaden, Marrakech (Maroc)
support Institut Français, Paris (FR) / Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)
duration
tbc
language
French / Arabic (Darija)
English translation/subtitles available
availability
in creation, but performance and workshops available
touring party
4 pax
transport tbc
links & downloads
> performance sheet (EN)
> dossier de diffusion (FR)
> context
> full video (password)
> HR photos (password)
> technical rider (password)
archives (non-exhaustive)
"BOUJLOUD, بوجلود / MAN OF SKINS", A PERFORMANCE BY KENZA BERRADA / CREATION 2020-2021
Boujloud (‘Man of skins’ in Darija) is an ancestral Moroccan rite in the aftermath of the sacrifice of the sheep, whose legend places its origin in a divine punishment: a man having abused women in a sacred place, is transformed into a man-animal.
« I didn’t think my story would be of interest to anyone. »
It is from this sentence, confided by Houria, that Kenza Berrada started writing a performance on the issue of abuse. She met victims of agression in Morocco, listened to them and gave them a voice and a body. The accumulation of singular voices results in the appearance of a crowd. It is a secret, yet omnipresent continent that emerges: that of those who experienced abuse.
In her very own way, Kenza tries to answer them, making resonate questions such as ‘how does one get oneself listened to?’, ‘is there a ‘right moment’ to tell, and to be heard?’, and many others.
SOUND CONCEPT > (password required)
WORKSHOPS > (password required)
THE TEAM >
CALENDAR
6 - 10 April 2020 / residency // Théâtre National de Bordeaux en Aquitaine (postponed)
14 June 2020 / Presentation work in progress // École des Beaux-arts, Casablanca (postponed)
29 August 2020 / performance and workshops // Festival Atlas electronics, Marrakech (postponed)
October 2020 / performance and workshops // Centre d’art Le Cube, Rabat (postponed)
October 2020 / translation to darija (in Morocco spoken arabic)
26 - 31 October 2020 / residency at GMEM, Centre national de création musicale, Marseille
Premiere: 28 November 2020 / Goethe Institut de Rabat
Spring 2021 : tour in Morocco
