Nour El-Ain (نور العين)
Maybe the movie isn’t so important anymore, texts MA. We were supposed to watch a Ziad El-Rahbani movie at a theater that evening.
Did the conversation yesterday turn you on? I text back.
And that as well, He answers.
For two years, I went exclusively on dates with Arab men, I was convincing myself, for research, to counter the discourse of the systematic dehumanization of their faces in Western media, but for two years I was on a healing journey with my fragmented identity, the withdrawn traditions and to try and reimagine how we, Arab speakers can meet while carrying our colonial, patriarchal and societal wounds. Nour El-Ain is a ceremony where my dances are offerings for love, who is present, and my coordinates of belonging.
Credit
Choreographer, performer: Dina Hamida
Costume: Widdian Doe, Nour Kamal.
Music: Rumina Deria Yenidogan (music producer), Lynn Adib, Sabah Fakhri, Wegz, Humood Al Semah.
Supervisor and dramaturg: Korina Kordova.
Side-eye: Jennifer Lacey, My MAKOR classmates (Pierre, Julia, Shopie, Petra, Luusi, Dakota, Girts, Jade), Gwen Rakotovao.
Special thanks to my classmates, my dear friends Lilas Faham for being there every step of the way, Madi O’ Carroll, and Omar Alrifaie.
Program
- 15 May at 19:45-10:45
- 16 May at 19:45-10:45
- 16 May at 20:00-21:00
Duration 50 min.
Venu: MDT main stage.
Bio Dina Hamida
Dina is a Syrian dance artist and researcher who centers decolonial practices such as reimagining dance coming from Al-sham countries (The Levant) and artistically resurrecting withdrawn traditions from her culture. She is interested in fostering spaces of resistance, healing, and solidarity. You’ll find her work on theater stages, cultural houses, galleries, festivals, clubs, wedding halls, cafes, and restaurants.
